New Bus Transportation Contract VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VALAHS) to/from routes in PSW/SOW

The Veterans Administration, SAOW Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22 is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to provide transportation services for veterans and their caregivers from various VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) to the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS), 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073. The results of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 485991. The Government is anticipating a single award contract with a base year and four (4) 1-year option periods. The base year period of performance is anticipated to begin on or about June 1, 2024. A DRAFT copy of the statement of work is provided with this notification (NOTE: There will be some changes to this statement of work by the time the final solicitation is released to industry).

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposal; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability.

If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; implement a successful project management plan that includes:

compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB), VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (VOSB), SMALL BUSINESS OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by January 24, 2024, 15:00 or 3PM (PST). All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to mona.nimmo@va.gov.