The solicitation is for optical dispensing services at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and the Adam Benjamin Jr. VA Outpatient Clinic in Crown Point, IN. The requirement is for a 5-year ordering period IDIQ with five one-year priced periods. A site visit is scheduled for January 5, 2026, at 11:00 AM local time. Questions must be submitted via email to ***@***. *. * no later than January 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM local time. The offer due date is January 16, 2026.
The notice states he contractor shall submit a monthly report to the jesse brown vamc chief of optometry and the cor, with the following information.
The bid notice states all payments by the government to the contractor will be made in accordance with: far **** payment by electronic funds transfer system for award management oct 2018.
The notice states he government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in far 12, where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the government based on the factors listed above.
The notice states personnel assigned by the contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall: 8. 1. 1 be proficient in spoken and written english language 38 usc ****.
The notice states site visit is scheduled for monday january 5, 2026, at 11: 00 am local time.
The notice states in order to maintain integrity of this solicitation and subsequent award date, all offerors are advised that any question and answer requests must be submitted in a written form via email to the contract specialist ***@***. *. * no later than wednesday january 7, 2026, at 3: 00 pmlocal time.
The notice states he minimum guarantee for this idiq is 10, **** and the ceiling is 3, 000, **** for the entireduration of the contract.