This is a solicitation for Gastroenterology Physician Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center. The contract will be a fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Services include onsite, on-call, and callback coverage. Key personnel must be board-certified or board-eligible in Gastroenterology. The contractor is responsible for credentialing, privileging, and ensuring all personnel meet VA's training and compliance requirements. The period of performance is from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2031, with a guaranteed minimum of $17,**** and a maximum of $17,500,**** must submit quotes electronically by the closing date and time. All questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted in writing via email by March 31, 2025.
The period of performance for this contract is from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2031. The bid notice states, The task orders shall specify the estimated quantities of services for the period of performance and shall comply with FAR **** and ****.
The bid notice states, Invoices shall be submitted in arrears: a. quarterly b. semiannually c. otherx monthly in arrears and The contractor shall be paid only for actual work performed onsite.
The bid notice states, The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. It further clarifies, Technical capability and past performance, when combined, are considered equal in importance to price. Technical capability and past performance are equal importance to each other.
The bid notice states, Contractors physician s shall be board certifiedboard eligible by the american board of internal medicine abim in gastroenterology and be currently certified in basic life support bls or advanced cardiac life support acls or equivalency.
The bid notice mentions, If the contractor fails to comply with any requirements outlined in the preceding paragraphs or its agency regulations, the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs may, at its discretion, require that the foreign national who failed to maintain their legal status in the United States or otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of the laws administered by U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U. S. Department of Labor, shall be prohibited from working at the contractors place of business that services U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs patient referrals or other place where the contractor provides services to veterans who have been referred by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and shall form the basis for termination of this contract for breach.
The bid notice states, All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted via email to ***@***. *. * by 2:00 PM ET March 31, 2025.
The bid notice states, he maximum contract amount, including the base year and any option years exercised, shall not exceed 17,500,****.