SPECIAL NOTICE
Q -- Supplemental Home Oxygen Services | VISN 15
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2021 2:43:52 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 621610
— Home Health Care Services
- Contracting Office
- 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) LEAVENWORTH KS 66048 USA
- ZIP Code
- 66048
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25521R0074
- Response Due
- 3/24/2021 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 06/16/2021
- Point of Contact
- Susan D Miller Contract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.miller99@va.gov
(susan.miller99@va.gov)
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) � FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to Home Care Equipment, Inc., located at 1135 Lester St, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901-4833. Home Care Equipment is the only vendor capable of immediately providing home oxygen services to VISN 15 patients without interruption. Although additional vendors have been identified as potential sources, the current instability in the market would introduce an unacceptable degree of risk to patient care during any transition phase implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. �Continuing to contract services with Home Care Equipment will allow the market to normalize, VISN 15 to establish firm requirements based on a normalized market, and NCO 15 to continue to develop and proceed with a new acquisition with these firm requirements. The services are to be delivered to the Veteran beneficiaries serviced by the following Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 15, VA Medical Centers: Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 East Linwood Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64128-2226 Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran�s Hospital, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201-5275 Eastern Kansas Health Care System (EKHCS): Colmery-O�Neil VA Medical Center, 2200 Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS 66622-0001 Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, 4101 S. 4th St. Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048-5014 Robert J. Doyle VA Medical Center, 5500 E. Kellogg Ave., Wichita, KS 67218-1607 St. Louis VA Healthcare System: Jefferson Barracks Division, 1 Jefferson Barracks Dr. St. Louis, MO 63125-4199 John Cochran Division, 915 North Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63106-1621 Marion VA Medical Center, 2401 West Main St., Marion, IL 62959-1188 John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901-3318 The NAICS code is 621610 with a size standard of $16.5 Million. The solicitation number is 36C25521R0074. This action will result in a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The term of the contract will be a base of six (6) months with the option to extend the contract incrementally for an additional six months utilizing Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement NLT March 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM CST. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement, Notice of Intent. If after March 24, 2021 no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, Department of Veterans Affairs shall negotiate solely with Home Care Equipment, Inc. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contract Specialist Sue Miller, who can be reached at susan.miller99@va.gov.� The Network Contracting Office 15 address is: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO 15), 3450 South. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048-5055.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05946503-F 20210320/210318230107 (samdaily.us)
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