Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

The Health Readiness Office of Contracting, (HRCO) is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for Patient Appointing Services (PAS). This is a non-personal services contract to provide Patient Appointing Se... The Health Readiness Office of Contracting, (HRCO) is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for Patient Appointing Services (PAS). This is a non-personal services contract to provide Patient Appointing Services (PAS) in support of Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in the Tidewater, Virginia area that will significantly enhance appointing procedures and improve service to its customers. The referenced MTFs in the Tidewater area throughout this document are: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) and its ten Branch Medical Clinics (BMCs), (Boone, Dam Neck, TPC Northwest, TPC Chesapeake, TPC VA Beach, TPC Suffolk, BHC Norfolk, BHC Yorktown, MSC NNSY and NMCP MHP clinics); Langley Air Force Base Medical Group; McDonald Army Health including the Williamsburg clinic, its two Troop Medical Clinics (TMCs), and Ft. Story health clinic. The U.S. (USG) shall not exercise any supervision or control over the Contract Service Providers (CSPs) performing the services herein. Such CSPs shall be accountable solely to the contractor who in turn is responsible to the USG. This is not a request for proposal at this time. The solicitation to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about 30 January 2023. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation, vendors must access the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) website (www.piee.eb.mil). This procurement is an 8(a) set-aside under the full and open competition in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.204 (a). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this solicitation is 561110 with a small business size standard of 7.5M ALL VENDORS MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE REGISTRATION IN SAM.GOV AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. ANY OFFEROR THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE SAM.GOV REGISTRATION WILL BE REJECTED AS NON RESPONSIVE.