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Page 2 of 2 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The VA Montana Healthcare System at Fort Harrison and the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 are performing marke... Page 2 of 2 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The VA Montana Healthcare System at Fort Harrison and the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 are performing market research to determine if there is sufficient number of qualified providers/firms for courier services. Socio-economic precedence are as follows: (1) Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; (2) Veteran Owned Small Business; or (3) Small Business to set aside GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Firms responding shall specify they can meet the required specifications: The VA Montana Healthcare System at Fort Harrison requires same day delivery service of small packages throughout Montana. Fort Harrison is located five miles outside of Helena, Montana city limits. The size of the laboratory specimen boxes will average 22 by 22 square or less in size, some return boxes containing supplies may be somewhat bigger. Two to six boxes containing laboratory specimens will require transportation to the Ft. Harrison campus from each of eight (8) VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC s) daily, Monday through Friday. In addition, medical supplies requiring same day delivery may also be transported to Ft. Harrison from the clinic sites. Boxes being returned to the clinic sites (empties and some containing supplies) will be picked up in the afternoon/evening and delivered back to the clinics the next day; Friday s pickups will be delivered back to the clinics the following Monday. The following distances are taken from State of Montana city-to-city mileage guide and are for information purposes only. Actual mileage from CBOC s to Fort Harrison may vary: Addresses: VA Montana: 3687 Veteran Drive, Fort Harrison MT 59636 BUTTE: 5 Three Bears Drive, Butte MT 59701 (69 miles) Great Falls: 1400 29th St. S Suite 1, Great Falls MT 59405 (89 miles) Hamilton:299 Fairgrounds, Suite A, Hamilton MT 5940 (162 miles) Merrill Lundman Harve: 1753 US Hwy 2 NW, Havre MT 59501 (204 miles) Kalispell: 31 Three Mile Drive, Kalispell MT 59901 (197 miles) Lewistown: 629 NE Main Street, Lewistown MT 59457 (129 miles) David J Thatcher: 3885 West Broadway, Missoula MT 59808 (116 miles) Travis Atkins Bozeman: 1101 E Main Street, Bozeman MT 59715 (95 miles) Additionally, three (3) as Needed Courier Services will be needed, all three routes originate at Fort Harrison VA medical Center Laboratory and Pharmacy, 3687 Veterans Drive Fort Harrison MT 59636. These as needed service will be required when the Fort Harrison VA Lab or pharmacy needs urgent deliver of products and specimen to the three locations at a specified timeframe. The three locations are: St. Peter s Hospital 2475 Broadway ST. Helena MT. (7.1 miles) Department of Public Health Services Laboratory, 1400 East Broadway ST Helena MT State Laboratory (6.1 miles) American red cross, 1300 28th St. South Great falls MT 59405 (95.1 miles) All interested parties who can meet the requirements stated above should respond to this announcement via email to david.glanton@va.gov and NCO19Services2@va.gov no later than Monday, NOV 13, 2023, at 10:00 PM (Mountain Standard Time). Interested parties should provide the following: Company Name, Company Address, Point of Contact, phone number and email address, DUNS number and capability statement for the services as stated above. Additionally include two (2) customer references to which you have provided similar services, and your company business size indicate which small business category for which you qualify. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NAICS Code 492110 is applicable to this acquisition, and the business size standard for a contractor is 1,500 employees. Interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.12, prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in conjunction with FAR 4.11 required registration in the System Award Management System (SAM) database prior to award of a contract.