Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS ON SITE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT/EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICES General Information Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 36C2472... COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS ON SITE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT/EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICES General Information Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 36C24720Q0480 Posted Date: 4/21/2020 Original Response Date: 4/28/2020 Current Response Date: 4/28/2020 Product or Service Code: J065 Set Aside (SDVOSB): 100% SDVOSB NAICS Code: 811219 Contracting Office Address 1826 Veterans Blvd. Building 29 Annex Dublin, GA 31021 Description This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial services/items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award as prescribed under FAR 13.1, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number 36C24720Q0480 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION. The acquisition procedures at FAR Part 13 are being utilized. The provisions and clauses incorporated into this solicitation document are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-03, December 13, 2019. Provisions and clauses incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations supplement (VAAR) can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ (FAR) and http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ (VAAR). This combined/synopsis solicitation is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in accordance with VAAR 852.219-10. The acquisition will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13 to use simplified procedures for commercial items. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The small business size standard is $22 million. For more information on size standards, please visit http://www.sba.gov/size. Only Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) Vendor Information Pages (VIP) VetBiz verified SDVOSB firms are eligible to submit an offer or receive an award of a VA contract that is set-aside for SDVOSB in accordance with VAAR Part 819. A non-verified vendor that submits a bid or proposal will be considered non-responsive and ineligible for award as listing in VIP is not self-correctable as a minor informality as, for example, a listing in SAM. The VIP database will be checked both upon receipt of an offer and prior to award. The Atlanta VA Medical Center (AVAMC), Decatur, GA, has a requirement for on site preventive maintenance for all Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) including steam sterilizers in the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) department. The contractor shall be able to repair and sharpen instruments the same day reusable medical equipment is identified from service. Services that are required are inspecting, sharpening, adjusting, repairing, cleaning, lubricating and refurbishing. The contractor should be able to repair dental hand pieces, rigid scopes and anything else that may require repair. The contractor should be able to repair surgical case carts and clean steam sterilizers as needed. This requirement is for a base year and four (4) one-year option periods. Offerors are therefore asked to complete the attached Price/Cost Schedule-Item information for each period of performance in their response, and to include a Grand Total for Base year and 4 one-year Option Periods. The estimated Period of Performance is as follows: BASE YEAR: 5/1/2020 4/30/2021 OPTION YEAR 1: 5/1/2021 4/30/2022 OPTION YEAR 2: 5/1/2022 4/30/2023 OPTION YEAR 3: 5/1/2023 4/30/2024 OPTION YEAR 4: 5/1/2024 4/30/2025 ***See attached solicitation for more information*** QUESTIONS: All questions regarding this solicitation need to be electronically submitted (email) no later than April 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST to Darrell Harper, Contracting Officer at Darrell.harper2@va.gov. No questions received after this date will be answered. Telephone or faxed questions will not be answered. ONLY ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. The solicitation number must be identified on all submitted questions. Statements expressing opinions, sentiments, or conjectures are not considered valid inquiries and will not receive a response. SUBMISSION OF OFFERS: Submitted offers shall not exceed 15 single-sided pages and any pages beyond this amount will be removed and not evaluated. Files should be sent in PDF format and no larger than 10MB or they may be automatically rejected by the server. The Government is not responsible for rejected e-mails that exceed the e-mail capacity. All quotes/offers submitted must include the Solicitation Number and Title in the subject line of the email. ONLY ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Hand deliveries or facsimile will not be accepted. Telephone responses shall NOT be accepted. Offers must be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer (CO), Darrell Harper at darrell.harper2@va.gov no later than 1:00pm (EST) on April 28, 2020. Offers received after this date and time will be considered late offers. CONTACT INFORMATION Contracting Office Address: Carl Vinson VA Medical Center 1826 Veterans Blvd. Building 29 Annex Dublin GA 31021-3600 Primary Point of Contact: Darrell Harper Contracting Officer, NCO 7 Darrell.Harper2@va.gov