Q--Presoliciation Notice Mobile Mohs Services GLA & San Diego

Synopsis: The VA has a requirement for mobile Mohs Histotechnician to perform slide preparations; grossing and fixation, processing embedding, sections, and staining for the Department of Dermatology Mohs Micrographic Surgery program within the (1)VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, VA 92161, (2)VA San Diego Healthcare System, 1300 Rancho Del Oro Dr., Oceanside, CA 92056 CBOC, (3)VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90073, on an as needed basis. The contractor shall provide equipment required to provide services. The Contractor/Mohs Histotechnician shall provide a range of services in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein. The complete solicitation package will be attached and made available only through FedBizOpps (FBO) website at https://fbo.gov/ on around May 6, 2016. Anyone wishing to participate in this proposed procurement must obtain their copy from FBO. Copies will not be mailed from the Contracting Office. All amendments will be posted on FBO. Contractors will be solely responsible for obtaining amendments from this site to update files. This requirement is being solicited under FAR 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) as authorized by FAR 13.000, and is a Small Business set-aside, with the intent to award a Firm-Fixed Price Contract. One (1) or multiple awards will be made in accordance with the acquisition procedures established in 13.106-2(b). 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. See attached draft evaluation factors. NOTE 1: All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam/gov/ before award of contract; failure to register in the SAM database may cause your firm to be ineligible for the award and removed from consideration.