Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, West Campus, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, AL 36109

V -- COURIER SERVICE BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND BIRMINGHAM AL SOL 619-5-99 DUE 032299 POC David Berry 334-260-4152 or Paul Johnson 334-727-0550 ext 3523 E-MAIL: E-mail to the Contracting Officier., Joseph.Berry@med.va.gov. Invitation for Bids No. 619-05-99 is a consolidated combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items for Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System-West Campus, prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information in this notice (SIC Code is 4215). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Contract performance period will be from 4/1/99 to 9/30/99 and is subject to the availability of funds. Contract may be amended for four (4) one-year options in accordance with the clause at 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. Provide courier service for delivery and pick up of patient records, laboratory samples, imaging (x-ray) film envelopes, pharmacy items and correspondence between the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), West Campus, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery AL 36109-3798, and the VA Medical Center (VAMC), 700 S. 19th Street, Birmingham AL 35233. Period of this service agreement is April 1, 1999, through September 30,1999. Estimated number of courier delivery requirements for this period is 129 trips (250 per year). Courier materials picked up at the CAVHCS, West Campus will be delivered to locations indicated below at the Birmingham VAMC. Courier materials to be returned to the CAVHCS, West Campus, will be picked up at the same Birmingham VAMC locations. (1) patient records to Patient Records Office (rm. 1C109); (2) lab samples to Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service (rm. 3D107); (3) imaging film to Imaging Service (rm. 2A120); (4) pharmacy items to Pharmacy Service (rm1A120). In addition, the Travel Office (rm. 1E176) of the Birmingham VA Medical Center will be contacted for correspondence to be returned to the CAVHCS, West Campus. Patient records may consist of up to three boxes, with each box weighing up to 40 pounds. Laboratory samples will be in a Styrofoam container. Imaging film will be in x-ray envelopes. Pharmacy items will be in cardboard boxes and may weigh up to 40 pounds. Correspondence will be in a U.S. Government messenger envelope. Contact for courier service is Ed Westry, Mailroom, telephone 334-272-4670 ext. 4677, located in building 4, room 1E102, at the CACHCS, West Campus. Courier materials are to be picked up in the CAVHCS, West Campus, Mailroom, room 1E102, by 8:30 a.m., and delivered to the Birmingham VAMC locations by 11:30 a.m. of the scheduled delivery day. Courier materials to be returned to CAVHCS, West Campus, are to be delivered before 4:00 p.m. the same day. Vendor will submit a billing invoice for courier service to Fiscal Management (04), CAVHCS, East Campus, 1400 Hospital Road, Tuskegee AL 36083 on a monthly basis. The invoice will be verified with courier log maintained in the CAVHCS, West Campus, Mailroom. BASE PERIOD 4/1/99 -- 9/30/99, estimated 129 round trips _______; OPTION YR #1 10/1/99 -- 9/30/00, estimated 250 round trips_______; OPTION YR #2 10/1/00 -- 9/30/01, estimated 250 round trips_______; OPTION YR #3 10/1/01 -- 9/30/02, estimated 250 round trips_______; OPTION YR #4 10/1/02 -- 9/30/03 250 estimated round trips_______. Solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division Determination No. 94-2011, Rev. No. 13, dated 6/4/98, applies to this acquisition. Payment will be made in arrears on certified invoices showing purchase order number assigned and contract number Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and certifications -- Commercial Items, with its bid. This synopsis/solicitation incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses: http://www.arnet.gov/far/ (for FAR clauses 52 ), and http://www.gov/oa&;mm/vaar/ (for VAAR clauses 852 ). The following incorporated clauses and provisions are applicable to this acquisition: 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items; The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance and Price; 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services; 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract; 52.222-3, Convict Labor(E.O. 11755); 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.237-2, Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation; 852.216-70 Estimated Quantities for Requirement Contracts; 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options; -- Alternate II; 52.246-4 Inspection of Services -- Fixed Price; 52.219-22 Small Disadvantaged Business Status; 52.232-33, Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment; 52.232-34, Optional Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment; 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers (APR 1984). All bid prices for this procurement must be received on company letterhead, in a SEALED ENVELOPE -- noting bid response enclosed and Invitation for Bid No. 619-05-99, and shall be addressed to J. David Berry (90C), CAVHCS -- West Campus, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, AL 36109. Bid opening is 2:00 p.m. CST, March 22, 1999, at CAVHCS- West Campus, Logistics Service, Building 1, Room 4A-123, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, AL. FAXED bids will not be accepted. See Note No. 1. Posted 03/04/99 (W-SN305023). (0063)

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