Chief, A&MM Service (90C), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285

V -- AMBULANCE SERVICES SOL IFB 509-1-96 DUE 032495 POC Contracting Officer, Minnie L. Smith, (706)731-7174 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, is seeking potential small business sources for providing 24 hour ambulance and raised roof ambulances services to beneficiaries of VA. Ambulances will be licensed and meet the minimum vehicle requirements as mandated by the Federal Specifications KKK-A-1822B. Each vehicle will have patient compartment facilities, oxygen and suction systems and equipment, environmental climatic equipment, communications and additional systems equipment accessories and supplies as required by Federal Specifications KKK-A-1822B. The contractor wil have at least five (5) ambulances available to respond to requests for service. When the raised roof ambulance is being utilized, the contractor will be required to furnish four (4) standard ambulances. The raised roof ambulance will be capable of transporting the patient and electric wheelchair. Response time to requests for service will be 30 minutes. Services will include nonemergency medical technicians and/or drivers as appropriate and at least one Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Nonemergency medical technicians and drivers must be capable to administer oxygen and have successfully completed the Standard and Advanced First Aid course of the American Red Cross or US Bureau of Mines or equivalent. Emergency Medical Technicians must have completed training in accordance with the standards published by the Department of Health and Human Services with a minimum curriculum of 81 hours or equivalent including in-hospital training period. EMTs must be certified, licensed or otherwise officially recognized by the local, state or regional government or public entity where the emergency ambulance service is operated or by which it is governed. Interested sources must indicate whether they qualify as a small business under Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 4119, with a small business size standard of $5.0 million. Within 15 working days from publication, interested small businesses should respond with a statement of capabilities to assist VA in making a set-aside decision. Based on responses to this announcement, VA reserves the right to set-aside this requirement for small business concerns. The statement of capabilities should include service location, types and number of vehicles, qualifications of personnel and company experience. The contractor must be regularly established in the business and financially responsible and have the necessary equipment and personnel to furnish services in the volume for all items under the contract. (0060)

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