V999--TIERED EVALUATION Wheelchair Van Transportation Services Altoona VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 4, on behalf of the Altoona VA Medical Center, anticipates the award of a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Wheelchair Van Transportation Services for the Altoona VA Medical Center, 2907 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, PA 16602. The solicitation will be conducted in accordance with FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items.

This procurement is set-aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C. 8127.

TIERED EVALUATIONS INCLUDING LARGE BUSINESS CONCERNS: This solicitation is being issued as tiered evaluation with the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) small business concerns with HUBZone small business concerns and 8(a) participants having priority; and (4) large business concerns.

Contractor agrees to provide non-emergent wheelchair van transportation services, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (to include all federal holidays) for eligible veterans of the Altoona VA Medical Center and its five Community Based Outreach Clinics. Contractor shall have available the appropriate number of vehicles to provide services in a timely manner as outlined by the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Performance shall be in accordance with the requirements contained in the PWS, standards of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) for paratransit, and the Joint Commission.

Contractor must be a certified provider of paratransit services in the state of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) at the time of quote submission. ANY QUOTE RECEIVED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PENNSYLVANIA PUC CERTIFICATION WILL BE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.

The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 485991 Special Needs Transportation and the Small Business Administration size standard is $16.5 Million.

All interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://sam.gov) and complete online Representations and Certifications at (https://sam.gov/) prior to submitting a quote. If claiming veteran status, you must be verified in VIP (www.VIP.VETBIZ.gov) as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) prior to submitting a quote.

Information and solicitation documents for this solicitation will be posted on Contract Opportunities at https://beta.sam.gov. Potential quoters are responsible for monitoring this site for posting of the solicitation package, addenda to the solicitation and any other pertinent information.

The Government is not obligated to award a contract because of this notice, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing to Cynthia Grygier, Contracting Officer at cynthia.grygier@va.gov by 03/16/2020.