Presolicitation NoticeThis requirement from The Veteran's Affairs, VISN 20 Contracting Division issued as Request for Proposal (RFP), number VA-260-09-RP-0286 with amendments, if any follow, is to provide Hired Car Taxi Transportation Services for transportation services for three groups of items: 1. Group one is for beneficiaries of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) in Portland, Glisan and Hillsboro CBOCs, and the VA Nursing Care Unit in Vancouver, WA; 2. Group two is for transportation and/or delivery service for the Pharmacy Service on a one way, per trip basis for Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) in Portland, Glisan and Hillsboro CBOCs, and the VA Nursing Care Unit in Vancouver, WA; 3. Group three is for Blood Products and/or Laboratory Specimens for the Laboratory Service on a one way, per trip basis. The Contractor shall provide all vehicles, personnel, management, supplies, transportation, equipment and reports necessary for all Hired Car services to transport Veterans and associated items identified in the requirement between the medical centers and Veteran's homes. Contract requirements, quotation/proposal requirements and evaluation criteria will be covered in detail in the solicitation and work statement. This requirement is for commercial services in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12, as supplemented with additional information as needed. All contractual and technical questions must be in writing (e-mail or fax). Only written requests received directly from the requester are acceptable (Telephone questions will not be accepted). Preference is that you send your correspondence through email at:
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+1 (555) 000-0000, ATTN: Dennis Riches. Potential offerors making a written request must include an adequate justification for not obtaining the solicitation via the internet. Telephone requests for diskettes or other inquiries will not be honored. The government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Estimated Quantities Contract. It is anticipated that the period of performance will be for one base year, plus four one-year option periods. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The RFP will only be available on the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Accordingly, prospective contractors may view and/or download the solicitation and all amendments from the site. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the RFP, all amendments thereto, and all attachments. It is the offerror's responsibility to daily monitor FedBizOpps for the release of the solicitation and any amendments that may follow. All proposals must include signed copies of all solicitation documents, including all amendments. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the EBS page http://www.fbo.gov/ for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The Government will issue no paper copies. Contract award will be based on the best-value to the Government where technical merit and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price. Offerors are requested to provide separate documents/packages for the technical/past performance and the price portions of the proposals. The estimated award date is Dec 31, 2009. This procurement is being solicited on the basis of a "100% Small Business Set Aside". All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The North American Industry Code for this procurement is 485310 for (Taxi Service), and the size standard is $7 million. To be eligible for award, offerors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov or by contacting the CCR Information Center at
+1 (555) 000-0000. Offerors shall identify the size of their business in accordance with this NAICS Code. Additionally, Representations and Certifications must be completed at http://orca.bpn.gov, or if offerors are not registered via the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov, offerors must complete and return a copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items with their offer. These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. Quote/Proposal must include, Solicitation Number VA-260-09-RP-0286, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) Number, and all solicitation and proposal documents (including amendments and official proposal documents) must be signed by an authorized company representative. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland VA Medical Center, Contracting Division, 5115 N.E. 82nd Avenue, Suite 203, Vancouver Washington, 98662, USA. Place of Performance: Homes of eligible veterans who are living within 25 miles of the Portland VA Medical Center. Point of Contact(s): Dennis Riches, Contract Specialist, Phone
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