VISN 16 Home Oxygen and Respiratory Services for medical ceter locations at Alexandria, Shreveport, and New Orleans, LA, Biloxi and Jacksonvelle, MS, Houston, TX, Little Rock and Fayetteville, AR, Muskogee and Oklahoma City, OK.

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 16, anticipates soliciting proposals and consequently awarding a contract for Home Oxygen Services for beneficiaries of the eight (8) Medical Centers' catchment areas. The Medical Centers locations that comprise VISN 16 include; Alexandria, Shreveport, and New Orleans LA, Biloxi and Jacksonville, MS, Fayetteville and Little Rock, AR, Muskogee and Oklahoma City, OK, and Huston TX. These comprehensive services will provide Home Oxygen Services to the estimated 6,000 oxygen using patients. The solicitation will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and VAAR Part 873 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources) and will be evaluated with procedures therein. The solicitation will be advertised as Full and Open Competition with a Partial Small Business Set-Aside. The Partial Small Business Set-Aside portion shall be for the facilities at Alexandria and Shreveport LA. Offeror shall provide all labor, management, health care professionals, equipment, supplies, and transportation to fulfill the level of care and range of services necessary to furnish home oxygen and respiratory services to the veteran beneficiaries of VISN 16.

The Government intends to award firm-fixed price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract(s) in accordance with all terms, conditions, provisions and specifications of the solicitation. The term of the contract is for one year with four (4) one year options. NAICS code is 621610 - Home Health Care Services with size standard of $13.5 million. The solicitation documents will be issues on or about May 31, 2012. The date is not firm and may change due to events out of our control. Proposals will be due on or about June 22, 2012. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposals. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. All inquires should be directed in writing to Scott Hendrix or Kimberly Hurt at VHACOSAOCentralRegionContractStaff@va.gov.

Solicitation documents may be obtained electronically at Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractors Registration (CCR) database at www.ccr.gov in order to obtain solicitation documents. CCR and Vetbiz registrations must be current and active to be eligible for contract award. Prospective contractors please note Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) apply to this solicitation.