SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- VA Patient Food Safety and Defense - Closing the Gaps
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;James J. Peters VA Medical Center;130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
- ZIP Code
- 10468-3904
- Solicitation Number
- VA24310RQ0549
- Response Due
- 9/30/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/29/2010
- Point of Contact
- Myrmetrius Pringle
- E-Mail Address
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 3), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx New York, Network Acquisitions and Logistics program is currently seeking ALL Small Business with the ability to: a.Design and implement national food safety and defense training programs. This would include all new policies and procedures, templates and checklists as well as review of existing ones. Within the approximately 150 VA Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) operations there are several different types of food service operations. Training should emphasize the following vulnerabilities and gaps including recall procedures, bioterrorism preparedness, CARVER+Shock Analysis for self-assessments. Training format could be in the form of regional meetings, teleconference or webinar. Target audience includes Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) Chiefs, NFS Supervisors and possibly front-line workers such as cooks and food service workers. b.Develop new food safety and defense templates to incorporate into VISN and facility operational policies and procedures and reduce variances within the VISNs and facilities. c.Develop model templates for local contracts to increase VISN and local controls of food safety and defense. This is to be a 100 % TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The applicable North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 541611. To be considered a small business under this NAICS code the SBA size standard must not exceed $7.0 Million. The Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation will be issued on or about September 23, 2010. All information for this solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Potential bidders MUST register at FedBizOpps www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receive notifications and/or changes to the solicitation. Potential bidders are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information. The Interested Vendors List (IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from the FedBizOpps website. All interested parties MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and must have current record in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) prior to contract award. If you are not registered with CCR, you may request an application via phone at 1-888-227-2423 or register online at http://www.ccr.gov. To complete representations and Certifications with ORCA, you may go online at https://orca.bpn.gov. The Contracting Officer for this procurement is Myrmetrius Pringle, email: myrmetrius.pringle@va.gov.
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- SN02284723-W 20100918/100916235749-c53851d9a2a381f67968325c28e3ece7 (fbodaily.com)
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