Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, AMMS (90C), 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612

Q -- HOME OXYGEN SERVICE SOL 673-40-99 DUE 030499 POC Charlene K. Stiens, 813-972-7655 This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the subparts in Federal Acquisition Regulation 12. A written solicitation will be issued. Solicitation number 673-40-99 applies and is issued as a request for proposals. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7389 and the business size standard is $5 million. Provide home oxygen service for beneficiaries of the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, and VA Outpatient Clinic, 5201 Raymond Street, Orlando, FL and Brevard OPC, 1421 Malabar Road, NE, Palm Bay, Fl and associated CBOC's, in accordance with terms and provisions of solicitation for the period April 1, 1999 through September 30, 1999, with option to extend four additional years. Preproposal conference is scheduled for February 4, 1999. This date is subject to change therefore should be verified with the contracting office. This solicitation is limited to firms in the home oxygen service with JCAHO accreditation and the physical location housing their service office, warehouse, dispatch of vehicles and any other functions related to the performance of services required with in fifty (50) mile radius of James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL. The above bid open date should be considered "on or about". Only written of faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. FAX 813-903-4838 Note 1 APPLIES. Posted 01/14/99 (W-SN288321). (0014)

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