VA Medical Center West Los Angeles, Wilshire & Sawtelle Blvds., Los Angeles, CA 90073

R -- PICK-UP, TRANSPORT, PROCESS, AND DELIVERY OF PARCELS TO APPROPRIATE BULK MAIL CENTER FOR CONSOLIDATED MAIL OUTPATIENT PHARMACY (CMOP), VA MEDICAL CENTER WEST LOS ANGELES SOL RFP691-15-96 DUE 030896 POC Contact Point, Robert E. Kedney, (310)478-3711, Contracting Officer, Robert E. Kedney, (310)478-3711 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.603, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposal (RFP) numbered RFP691-15-96. The solocitations provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-33. The contractor is to provide all labor, supervision, administrative support, equipment, and materials necessary to provide for pick-up, transport, process and deliver of parcels to appropriate Bulk Mail Center for the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) VA Medical Center West Los Angeles, CA. The vendor shall submit a proposal for each of the weights listed below. Failure to submit a proposal for each item may result in the vendor being deemed non responsive: Line Item 1. 1 Oz Est Daily Qty 1 Line Item 2. 2 Oz Est Daily Qty 392 Line Item 3. 3 Oz Est Daily Qty 387 Line Item 4. 4 Oz Est Daily Qty 305 Line Item 5. 5 Oz Est Daily Qty 217 Line Item 6. 6 Oz Est Daily Qty 164 Line Item 7. 7 Oz Est Daily Qty 125 Line Item 8. 8 Oz Est Daily Qty 86 Line Item 9. 9 Oz Est Daily Qty 68 Line Item 10. 10 Oz Est Daily Qty 66 Line Item 11. 11 Oz Est Daily Qty 65 Line Item 12. 12 Oz Est Daily Qty 54 Line Item 13. 13 Oz Est Daily Qty 37 Line Item 14. 14 Oz Est Daily Qty 41 Line Item 15. 15 Oz Est Daily Qty 35 Line Item 16. 16 oz Est Daily Qty 36 Line Item 17. 2 Lb Est Daily Qty 224 Line Item 18. 3 Lb Est Daily Qty 54 Line Item 19. 4 Lb Est Daily Qty 15 Line Item 20. 5 Lb Est Daily Qty 14 Line Item 21. 6 Lb Est Daily Qty 9 Line Item 22. 7 Lb Est Daily Qty 13 Line Item 23. 8 Lb Est Daily Qty 6 Line Item 24. 9 Lb Est Daily Qty 4 Line Item 25. 10 lb Line Item 26. 11 lb Line Item 27. 12 lb Line Item 28. 13 lb Line Item 29. 14 lb Line Item 30. 15 lb Line Item 31. 16 lb Line Item 32. 17 lb Line Item 33. 18 lb Line Item 34. 19 lb Line Item 35. 20 lb Line Item 36. 21 lb Line Item 37. 22 lb Line Item 38. 23 lb Line Item 39. 24 lb Line Item 40. 25 lb Line Item 41. 26 lb Line Item 42. 27 lb Line Item 43. 28 lb Line Item 44. 29 lb Line Item 45. 30 lb Line Item 46. 31 lb Line Item 47. 32 lb Line Item 48. 33 lb Line Item 49. 34 lb Line Item 50. 35 lb Line Item 51. 36 lb Line Item 52. 37 lb Line Item 53. 38 lb Line Item 54. 39 lb Line Item 55. 40 lb Line Item 56. 41 lb Line Item 57. 42 lb Line Item 58. 43 lb Line Item 59. 44 lb Line Item 60. 45 lb Line Item 61. 46 lb Line Item 62. 47 lb Line Item 63. 48 lb Line Item 64. 49 lb Line Item 65. 50 lb Note: The estimated daily qty. for line items 25 to 65 total is 11. Statement of Work: Mail will be picked up a minimum of two times per day, Monday thru Friday, morning and afternoon between the hours of 10:00am to Noon, and 3:00pm to 5:00pm. It is possible that some pick-ups maybe made on Saturday's or on Government Holidays. The contractor shall provide overeall delivery times from CMOP to end customer of approximately one day per postal zone, based upon the zip code and destination zip code of the end-customer. Contractor to provide twelve carts approx. 42 in long, 29 in wide, and 63 in high, along with six buggies approx. 43 in long, 32 in wide and 35 in high to be located in the CMOP operations area to place the parcels in. The contractor will provide a daily report due the next working day. This report will reflect in numerical order the site number listing the number of pieces, class of each piece mailed, total postage paid for each piece, and date of transfer for all parcels to the U.S. Postal Service. Monthly reports, consolidating the totals of the daily reports will be provided to the Contracting Officer's Technical Representitive (COTR) no later the the 5th workday of each month. (the daily report will also be delivered to the COTR) Contractor must provide CMOP access, upon demand, to the status of any parcel currently within the contractor's system. Tracking and tracing capability, via on-line computer systems, should permit 24 hour per day, seven day per week access to the currrent status of any CMOP parcel. Contractor must provide manifesting capabilities and appropriate parcel sortation to reconcile parcels shipped. Contractor's driver or representative must provide a signed delivery receipt for all parcels received from CMOP for each pick up occurrence. The contractor should have the capability of monitoring average delivery times from all Bulk Mail Centers (BMC) to CMOP's end customers serviced by a particular BMC. Monitoring statistics should be updated regularly and made available to the COTR. The contractor agrees to assume responsibility for the care and control of all merchandise picked up from the time of receipt until the time delivered to its final destination. The contractor is required to deliver CMOP parcels to the respective U.S. Postal Service BMC. The contractor's material handling devices must provide safety and security of CMOP parcels to prevent damage and theft. In the event the contractor becomes aware of any significant delays in transit of parcels, the contractor shall notify the COTR and advise hi/her of the nature of the problem and expected recovery time. Warrant the use of a reputable appropriately licensed carriers for transportation of mail parcels. The contractor agrees to utilized expedient delivery services in order to maintain acceptable delivery times of CMOP parcels. The period of performance for this contract will be one month, with an option to extend services (FAR 52.217-8) up to six months. The following provision applies to this acquisition 52.212-1 Instuctions to Offerors-Commercial Items, 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items with the following factors (1) Furnish the Contracting Officer a list of current contracts that shows they are performing the same type of distribution service as required in this solicitation (at least 3 contracts with Name, address, and phone number of person to contact) (2) Provide names and show qualifications of individuals/subcontractors that will perform the services required under this contract, (3) Vendor must demonstrait that they have been in business doing this type service for at least 5 years. The vendor must complete the provisions at 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items and submit it to the Contracting Officer. The clause at 52.212-4 contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquistion, and so does 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. Any vendor needing a copy of the appropriate provisions or clauses may receive them by contacting the Contracting Officer. Proposals are due by 3:00pm, 8 March 96, and shall be sent to the VA Medical Center West Los Angeles, 11301 Wilshire Blvd. (90C), Los Angeles, CA 90073, Attn: Robert Kedney, Contracting Officer. SIC 8999, Synopsis #13. Phone number is (310) 478-3711x42774. (0053)

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