SOLICITATION NOTICE
23 -- Veterans Health Administration, Multi Use Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336211
— Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of Acquisition Operations, Office of Travel, Motor Vehicles and Card Services (QMA), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20405, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20405
- Solicitation Number
- QMAA-F0-140011-D
- Point of Contact
- Heidi L. McFall, Phone: 7036038458
- E-Mail Address
-
heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov
(heidi.mcfall@gsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. This presolicitation notice, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204, is posted by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) to announce the intention to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Multi-Use Vehicle (MUV) program. The MUV procurement will be a single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) solicitation/contract using Full and Open Competition after Exclusion of Sources procedures under FAR 6.203 - Set-Aside for Small Business Concerns. Scope of Work (Purchase Description) This solicitation is for a commercial item vehicles and the Purchase Description (PD) is designed to enumerate the technical, design and performance characteristics for the VHA, OEM Multi-Use Vehicles (MUVs). These vehicles are intended to fulfill the critical needs of the VHA, OEM during disaster response operations in support of VHA facilities and services anywhere in the nation. Twelve (12) MUVs are envisioned to be allocated to each of 11 VHA OEM regional offices, plus the VHA continuity of government alternative location, ensuring the ability to respond anywhere in the contiguous 48 states within 10 hours. In order to maximize the benefits of the VHA investment, these emergency support vehicles will be self-supporting and designed to allow fulfillment of a variety of emergency services during disaster response, such as: resilient multimodal voice and data communications; operations center; patient evacuation; emergency supply transport; staff support; staff shelter; or emergency power supply. The MUVs will follow a flexible and modular design concept that will allow the later addition of other capabilities not yet envisioned. To supplement the original number of MUVs, an additional quantity of eight (8) MUVs is under consideration and maybe ordered. The MUVs will be configured with a medium duty crew cab chassis and shall provide a multi-functional platform to support VHA emergency communications of data, video, and patient data via VHF +HF radios, VSAT, VOIP, and Wi-Fi systems. The MUVs shall be self contained to support a crew of four. The MUVs shall be capable of supporting Basic Life Support for two (2) litters or four (4) ambulatory patients. The MUVs shall be capable of exporting Alternating Current (AC) power from the on-board generator. Chassis, body and equipment and accessories shall be provided as specified per the GSA Purchase Description. The operating ambient temperature range will be from -10 degrees F to +120 degrees F. Period of Performance: The period of performance is from the date of award for one (1) base year followed by one (1) option year. Once the MUV ID/IQ contract is awarded, delivery orders will be issued and awarded in accordance with FAR 16.505 procedures. Other: The final solicitation will be available on or about March 31, 2014. The due date for receipt of proposal will be stated in the solicitation. The solicitation will be only available for download through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov/. Offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the FBO for amendments or additional information. All interested Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving an award. You may access SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Specific instructions for submitting questions related to this acquisition will be included in the solicitation package. All announcements or changes to the solicitation concerning this acquisition will be conveyed via the FedBizOpps website.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/f5eaf3ed77f602b64715a37c948cff6b)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. General Services Administration, Light Vehicle Acquisition Branch, 1800 F St NW, Floor 3, Hub 3400, Washington, District of Columbia, 20405, United States
- Zip Code: 20405
- Zip Code: 20405
- Record
- SN03312006-W 20140318/140316233019-f5eaf3ed77f602b64715a37c948cff6b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |