Q--PURCHASE OF CBOC SERVICES DURANGO

Synopsis: The New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) located in Albuquerque, New Mexico in accordance with FAR Part 12 "Acquisition of Commercial Items" and FAR Part 15, "Contracting by Negotiation" and under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 8153, is seeking sources under NAICS Code 621498 (size standard of $10.0 million) that are able to provide Contract Community Based Outreach Clinic (CCBOC) Services to be located in Durango, Colorado area for our Veteran population. SERVICES: a. Contractor to provide all necessary labor, material, equipment, facilities (including Lab and X-ray), supplies, emergency-fill pharmaceutical prescriptions, and administration functions to fulfill the level of care and range of services necessary to meet the primary medical needs of enrolled/assigned patients. b. The services would be provided as needed on a daily basis. The Contractor needs to provide a sufficient workforce to provide the administration and management of all aspects of the agreement including responsibility for all employee, agents, subcontractors and any other entity action for or on behalf of the contractor. The term of the contract will be a Base plus Four (4) Option Years starting from the date of award for five (5) twelve (12) month periods. Solicitations will be available on or about Sept 2012. The date is not firm and may change due to events out of our control. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a requests 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. NO PROPOSERS LIST IS MAINTAINED. The purpose of this notice is to perform market research to determine if there is interest from the following socio-economic categories: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUB Zone, Small Disadvantaged Business (8a), Woman Owned Small Business, Small Business, or other. In accordance with VA Acquisition Regulation 852.219-10 a SDVOSB is defined as a small business concern, not less than 51% of which is owned by service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51% of the stock of which is owned by service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses). Further the management and daily business operations are controlled by service-disabled veterans (or eligible surviving spouses) or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. In addition the business meets size standard for NAICS Code 621498 stated above and is verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, http://www.VetBiz.gov. Moreover qualified SDVOSB concern agree that in the performance of the contract, at least 50% of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns. All potential offerors must be registered in the Central Contractors Registration Database www.ccr.gov and Online Representations and Certification Applications (ORCA) https://orca.bpn.gov in responding to the Source Sought. A determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice does not constitute a solicitation or a commitment by the Government to later publish a solicitation. No solicitation document is available. Capable parties must submit their ability to provide these items in writing to the attention of the Contract Specialist listed in this announcement. Contractors responding to this Sources Sought Notice need to provide the following information to contact@example.gov no later than noon on Thursday 31 May 2012: Company Name, Address, Phone Number, Point of Contact, Teaming Arrangements (i.e. subcontracts) and Socioeconomic Status. A determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice does not constitute a solicitation or a commitment by the Government to later publish a solicitation. No solicitation document is available. Telephone inquiries will not be honored Contracting Office Address: NM VA Health Care System Contracting Specialist (90C) 1501 San Pedro Dr., SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 Point of Contact(s): Francis Lee Reynolds NM VA Health Care System Contracting Specialist 1501 San Pedro Dr., SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 Ph: +1 (555) 000-0000 Fax: +1 (555) 000-0000 contact@example.gov