2310--Utility Vehicle SF

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through Network Contracting Office 23 in Coralville, Iowa, has awarded a firm-fixed-price contract under a total small business set-aside for the procurement of a diesel utility vehicle and associated components, identified by solicitation number 36C26326Q0644 and NAICS code 336110. The award is structured under FAR Part 12 for commercial items, with delivery required no later than 120 days after contract award to the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System in South Dakota. The contract value is set at $33,941.50, covering one diesel crew cab utility vehicle, a cab and heat package, and front LED work lights, with pricing submitted by the offeror and not pre-determined in the solicitation. The acquisition is restricted to small businesses, specifically certified under the Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business programs, with mandatory self-certification in SAM and submission of a Buy American Certificate to ensure domestic sourcing compliance. The contract incorporates standard and modified FAR clauses, including deviations to FAR 52.212-4 and supplemental provisions, alongside VA-specific regulations governing gray market and counterfeit item prevention, electronic invoicing via Tungsten Network’s EIPPS system, and cybersecurity prohibitions. Offerors were required to submit signed SF-1449 forms, OEM letters of authorization, and compliance certifications, with proposals evaluated under a lowest-priced technically acceptable methodology where technical acceptability is binary and price is the sole determining factor among qualified bidders. Delivery is FOB destination, with Government acceptance authority resting solely with the agency, and payments administered electronically through EFT in accordance with SAM.gov requirements. The contracting specialist Jennifer Watkins-Schoenig serves as the primary point of contact, while the contracting officer is Joshua Imdacha. The contract enforces security restrictions per the NDAA 2019 Section 889 and the American Security Drone Act of 2023, banning the use of covered foreign telecommunications equipment and unmanned aircraft systems, and mandates compliance with OFAC sanctions. No COR or COTR is identified, and packaging, marking, and preservation requirements reference general VAAR provisions without specifying MIL-STDs, instead emphasizing traceability, authenticity, and prohibition of counterfeit or gray market items.