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No Phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.
This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing Courier Services per this notice under NAICS 492110 (Couriers and Express Deliver y Services) Small business size standard is 1,500 Employees. Product Service Code (PSC) is R602 (Support- Administrative: Courier Messenger).
BACKGROUND:
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.
Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supplies/Services Team 2 is not at this time seeking offers and will not accept unsolicited offers.Â
Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense.
Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), or any other small business sources capable of providing scope repair for the Fargo VA Health Care System.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:
The Department Of Veteran Affairs (VA), Fargo VA Health Care System is seeking a contractor to provide all necessary management, labor, equipment, transportation, and insurance to provide courier service to and from the Fargo VA Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). Daily courier services include transportation of all laboratory specimens, mail, office supplies, documents, medical records- X-Rays and other hand carried medical supplies and equipment.
PLACES OF PERFORMANCE:
Bemidji CBOC, 1217 Anne St., Bemidji, MN 56601
Bismark CBOC, 2700 State St., Bismarck, ND 58503
Devils Lake CBOC, 1031 7th St Northeast, Devils Lake, ND 58301
Dickinson CBOC, 766 Elks Dr. Dickinson, ND 58601
Fargo VA HCS, 2101 Elm St N, Fargo, ND 58102-2417
Fergus Falls CBOC 1821 North Park St, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Grafton CBOC 1319 W. 11th st, Grafton, ND 58237
Grand Forks CBOC 3221 32nd Ave South, Suite 700 Grand Forks, ND 58201
Jamestown CBOC 2430 20th St Southwest, Jamestown, ND 58401
Williston CBOC 1542 16th West, Williston, ND 58801
Minneapolis VAMC 1 Veterans Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55117
Minot CBOC 34 South Broad St. Minot, ND 58701
POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK:
See attached purposed statement of work
POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:
State Issued Drivers License and any licenses or certifications stated in the Statement of Work
SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:
Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Time (CT), 12-20-2023 to:
Alberta Mickells
Contracting Officer
E-mail: Alberta.Mickells@va.gov
Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:
Name of offeror
Address of offeror
UEI SAM registration Number of offeror
Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror
Whether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB, or any other small business; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/
Whether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, provide GSA FSS contract number certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds