V231--Off-Site Student Lodging (Tiered Set-Aside)

The Government intends to release a solicitation for Student Lodging for the VA Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC), located in North Little Rock, Arkansas. This solicitation will include an evaluation using cascading. Tiers will include SDVOSBs first, followed by VOSBs, followed by other Small Business. The Government anticipates a Base Plus One Option Period of Performance.

BACKGROUND

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC) is a franchise fund site authorized pursuant to the Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-356). The Act authorizes designated agencies to provide certain common administrative support services on a reimbursable basis both internally and to other government agencies. In 2006, permanent status was conferred upon the VA Franchise Fund under the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2006, Public Law 109-114. Consequently, the VA LETC receives no federally appropriated funding and is required to market VA LETC services to customers.

The VA LETC provides training for federal police officers working in health care or service-oriented environments. Students who travel to the LETC facility for training are provided lodging and meals that are inclusive of the course tuition.

The VA LETC requires a lodging management service to obtain acceptable overflow lodging for students at a fixed room rate for up to 300 students at a time within a 7-mile radius of the VA LETC Training Center.

SCOPE

The VA in North Little Rock, Arkansas requires a vendor to provide facility, labor, materials, insurance, licenses and equipment required to provide up to 300 daily rooms to VA-LETC students. Lodging facilities shall be compliant with the requirement of the Hotel and Motel Safety Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-391) and shall be listed on the U.S. Fire Administration Hotel and Motel Master list found at (http://usfa.fema.gov/hotel/search.cfm). Lodging facilities shall be compliant with requirements of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101, Life-Safety Code (http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/AboutTheCodes.asp?DocNum=101)

The Contractor shall provide lodging management services to locate, reserve and provide adequate lodging, as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), for up to 300 students within a 12-mile radius of the VA Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC), 2200 Fort Roots Drive, North Little Rock, AR, 72114. Daily lodging shall be provided for the duration requested in the roster to include weekends and holidays.