FBO: Federal Business Opportunities

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, Puerto Rico is issuing a solicitation to provide necessary labor, material, supplies, equipment, and supervision to perform janitorial services at the St. Croix Community Base Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) and Vet Center at the US Virgin Island (USVI). Period of Performance will be a base period from October 1st. 2008 or date of award, if later; through September 30, 2009 and four (4) option periods of one (1) year. The NAICS code for this procurement is 561720, with a size standard of $15.0 million. This procurement is 100% Small business set aside for established businesses in the USVI. The solicitation will be issued on or about September 15, 2008. Questions regarding this solicitation must be in writing to the Contracting Officer via fax (787) 781-8721 or e-mail to Maribel.santa@va.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Any amendments to this solicitation will be available at this website. Once the solicitation is posted, offerors are advice that they are responsible to review and monitor this solicitation in the website frequently to ensure they have the most up to date information about this acquisition. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all corresponding amendments. If you are downloading this solicitation, it is strongly recommended that you complete the solicitation mailing list available on the web site. In order to be eligible for a contract, award firms must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration System (CCR) at www.ccr.gov. This is a synopsis for commercial services per the procedures at FAR 12, 13, and 15.