SAM #36C24627R0009

Fayetteville VA Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking round-the-clock non-emergency ambulance transportation for its Fayetteville-area facilities and affiliated clinics. - Buyer and service area: Department of Veterans Affairs, Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Healthcare System / Fayetteville VA Medical Center, through Network Contracting Office 6. Service covers North Carolina and Virginia, including the medical center, Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, and affiliated clinics. - Services requested: Stretcher, Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Specialty Care Transport (SCT), and Critical Care Transport (CCT), available as needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. The contract anticipates up to four simultaneous transports and estimates up to 33,000 trips. - Contractor responsibilities: Supply the vehicles, qualified staff, management, equipment, supplies, and reporting. Requirements include response-time standards, licensed personnel and vehicles, use of VetRide or approved software, and infection-control PPE and cleaning procedures. - SCT/CCT capability: Support patient-required critical-care drugs and equipment, up to Tier III as applicable to the EMS region. Capabilities include ventilators, chest tubes, VADs, vascular lines, and infusion pumps supporting up to six drips. The required monitoring capability includes a Zoll X Series critical-care monitor with continuous 12-lead ECG, two-temperature monitoring, automatic blood pressure, capnography, and monitoring of two arterial lines. - Scheduled services and quantities: The schedule repeats these quantities across four years; totals below combine the repeated entries: ALS non-emergency base-rate transport, part A0427, 400; BLS non-emergency transport, A0428, 28,000; ALS stretcher cancellations, ZZ0021, 20; BLS stretcher cancellations, ZZ0021, 1,920; ALS 1 stretcher cancellations, ZZ0021, 40; mileage beyond the base rate, A0425, 100,000 miles; waiting time beyond 30 minutes, A0420, 1,200; and bariatric transport for patients weighing at least 350 pounds, 160. - ALS base rates include the first 25 miles and require at least one qualified paramedic; BLS base rates include the first 25 miles and require two EMTs. Waiting time beyond 30 minutes is billed in 15-minute increments. - Named products and vendors: The notice names the Zoll X Series monitor, VetRide software, and Bing Maps for mileage calculations. No ambulance contractor or reseller is named. - Contract value and term: The IDIQ has a $10,000 minimum and a $15,035,695.30 maximum; the maximum is not guaranteed. The stated structure is one base year plus three option years, with a possible extension of up to six months. The solicitation contains a separate ordering-term clause that appears inconsistent with the four-year total duration.

Description

The Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Healthcare System VA Medical Center (hereafter FNCVACHCS), and its associated Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), and affiliated healthcare clinics require contracted Non-Emergent Ambulance Transportation services. The contractor shall provide all vehicles, personnel, management, supplies, equipment, and necessary reporting for the provision of Stretcher Transports, Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Specialty Care Transport (SCT) or Critical Care Transport (CCT) services. The contactor shall make these ambulance services available to the VA as needed, 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7), including weekends and holidays.

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