V225--640-21-1-426-0001 New Special Needs Ground Transportation Contract - Current Contact

This notice seeks a contractor to provide special needs ground transportation services for the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. The contractor shall transport patients to and from three VA medical centers and seven community clinics located in California, operating vehicles equipped for ambulatory, wheelchair, and gurney patients 24/7. The agency will award firm fixed price contracts following evaluation of offerors' relevant experience as a prime contractor providing medical transportation services over $1 million annually on a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The full solicitation will be posted to SAM on November 17th and responses are due by December 17th.

The acquisition is set aside under NAICS code 485999 for other transit and ground passenger transportation up to $16.5 million in average annual revenue. Offerors must register in the VetBiz vendor database to be eligible. The base period of performance is one year with four optional one-year extensions, and the government anticipates awarding multiple contracts over five years with a total value of $45 million. Wage determinations require payment of rates from $10.80 to Davis-Bacon amounts based on job classifications in Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, and Santa Clara counties.