SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- VISN 11 Home Oxygen - Ann Arbor, Detroit, Indiananpolis andNorthern Indiana Health Care System
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 532291
— Home Health Equipment Rental
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veteran Affairs;VA Northern Indiana;Health Care System (90C);1700 E 38th Street;Marion IN 46953
- ZIP Code
- 46953
- Solicitation Number
- VA-251-07-RP-0004
- Response Due
- 3/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/3/2007
- Description
- The Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11 is seeking sources to provide home oxygen to patients' place of residences within the states of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Home oxygen contractor must be JCAHO accredited. NAICS code 532291 with a small business size standard of $6.5 million applies. Response to this announcement may help determine if sufficient competition exists to warrant any type of small business set-aside in accordance with FAR Part 19, Small Business Programs. In order to be awarded a small business set-aside contract, a small business concern must agree that the concern will perform at least 50 percent of the cost of the contract incurred for personnel with its own employees. This cost is direct labor costs and any overhead which has only direct labor as its base, plus the concern's general and administrative rate plutiplied by the labor rate. In order to be awarded a small business set-aside contract for home oxygen, a small business concern must also provide products manufactured by a domestic small business. In order to be considered as a prospective offeror, the required information must be provided not later than March 20, 2007. Fax or e-mail transmission is recommended. Submission in a 1-3 page summary without supporting attachments is requested. Response must include firm name and point of contact information, socio-economic status, positive statement that the firm is a small business concern under NAICS Code 532291 and that it will be supplying products manufactured by a domestic small business and that firm's identity, and information on JCAHO accreditation. Response should also indicate the geographical area(s) the vendor is interested in (i.e. which state(s) or parts of state(s), or which VA facilities). Proposed performance period may be October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008 plus four one-year option periods. Requirements will involve the following VA facilities: (i) VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI; (ii) John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI; (iii) Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; and (iv) VA Northern Indiana Health Care System campuses in Marion and Fort Wayne, IN. The geographical areas may include all couties within Indiana, all counties within Lower Michigan, and 29 counties in Ohio. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards for individual areas of responsibility/jurisdiction or a single award for all areas, whichever is more advantageous to the Government. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, AND NO SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
- Record
- SN01244531-W 20070308/070306220501 (fbodaily.com)
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