VA256-17-Q-0791 - ALX VAHCS Beds - VA256-17-AP-6831

PRE-solicitation Notice

This is a PRE-solicitation notice that the Alexandria VA Health Care System (Alexandria VAHCS) intends to solicit offers to provide 55 general medical/surgical beds. Please reference the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) for specific requirements information and requirements.

This requirement will be set-aside 100% for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs). To be eligible for an SDVOSB set aside under VA s Veterans First Contracting Program, SDVOSBs must 1) be verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as SDVOSB (see https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/for details), and 2) meet the small business size standard for NAICS 339113.

The solicitation is anticipated to be posted on www.fbo.gov for download on or about June 16, 2017. Anticipated closing date of the solicitation will be June 7, 2017. Solicitation posting and closing dates are subject to change as necessary and amendments will be issued as accordingly.

Technical Questions. Potential offerors are encouraged to submit questions regarding the project s requirements as of the date of the posting this pre-solicitation notice through a date that will be identified in the solicitation. All questions must be submitted electronically to renata.ott@va.gov. It is anticipated the question and answer period will end three business days after the solicitation posting date. Potential offerors are encouraged to review that attached SOW and submit their questions as early as possible. It is anticipated that the SOW is substantially finalized as posted (see NOTE below). However, changes may be made as a result of the questions posed by potential offerors.

Basis of Award

The Government anticipates to award a contract resulting from the solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Technical responsive offer meets salient characteristics/specifications detailed in the SOW including delivery, training and warranty information

Price

[LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA)]

A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

All Offerors are advised that, in the interest of efficiency, the Government reserves the right to conduct the evaluation in the most effective manner. Specifically, the Government may first evaluate the total proposed price of all Offerors. Thereafter, the Government will evaluate the technical quotation of the lowest priced Offeror only. If the lowest priced Offeror s technical quotation is determined to be rated as Acceptable, the Government may make award to that Offeror without further evaluation of the remaining Offerors technical quotations. If the lowest priced Offeror s technical quotation is determined to be rated as Unacceptable, then the Government may evaluate the next lowest priced technical quotation, and so forth and so on, until the Government reaches the lowest priced technical quotation that is determined to be rated as Acceptable. However, the Government reserves the right to evaluate all Offerors technical quotations should it desire to conduct discussions, or otherwise determine it to be in the Government s best interest.



Any questions for this PRE-solicitation should be sent via E-mail to renata.ott@va.gov. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted. This PRE-solicitation notice does not constitute a request for proposals.



NOTE: This requirement is subject to the AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.