Wheelchair Transport For Twin Ports CBOC - MPLS Period of Performance: 04-01-2020 to 03-31-2025 Solicitation Amendment 0001 Government Responses to Technical Questions - TIERED EVALUATION

Wheelchair Transport for Twin Ports Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in support of Minneapolis VA Health Care System (MPLS)

This is a solicitation conducted using FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures).

This solicitation is being issued as a tiered evaluation for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns, or in the alternative, a tiered evaluation for Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) concerns, or in the alternative, a set-aside for other small business concerns with HUBZone small business concerns and 8(a) participants having priority. If award cannot be made, the solicitation will be cancelled and the requirement resolicited.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, quotes are being requested.

Solicitation number 36C26320Q0079 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-01.

Prospective offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at time of offer to the Government (https://beta.sam.gov)

Prospective offerors shall also be verified at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov as an SDVOSB at time offer to the Government.

Quotes will only be accepted from responsible contractors. The NAICS code for the solicitation is 485991 with a size standard of $16.5 million.

A list of the contract line items, quantities, and units of measure are listed within the attached solicitation documentation.

The VA anticipates a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide services.

The period of performance is 04-01-2020 to 03-31-2025.

FAR provisions 52.212-1, 52.212-2, and 52.212-3 apply to this procurement and are detailed within the attached solicitation document.

FAR clauses 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 apply to this procurement and are included within the attached solicitation document.

Additional requirements are listed within the attached solicitation document.

The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply to this acquisition.

Technical questions on this solicitation are due via e-mail only to Doug Reed, Contracting Officer, at douglas.reed3@va.gov no later than 11:59pm Central Standard Time (CST), 01-06-2020.

Quotes are due to the Contracting Office by 11:59pm CST, 01-27-2020. Quotes are required to be emailed to douglas.reed3@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the Contracting Officer before the solicitation closing.

Contact Doug Reed, Contracting Officer, at douglas.reed3@va.gov for information regarding the solicitation.