R--Transcription Services for Pittsburgh VARO

Page 1 of: 08/21/200' The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office, Pittsburgh, PA has a requirement for transcription services. This is a 100% set-aside procurement for Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned and Operated Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. The NAICS code is 561410 with the small business size standard of $6.5M. Responses from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered and shall be rejected. Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, supervision, equipment, tools, supplies and transportation to provide transcription services for the V A Pittsburgh Regional Office. The Department of Veterans Affairs will provide the contractor with audiocassettes or other media for the purpose of verbatim transcription into a format specified by VA. Solicitation will be available on/about 7 September 2007 to interested parties through electronic data interchange at http://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/index.html for downloading free of charge. The offeror is responsible to download all amendments and other documents from this website without further notices from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is highly recommended that you complete the solicitation mailing list on the website before downloading the solicitation. Hard copy requests must be submitted in writing to Bonnie Robinson at Department of Veteran Affairs, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1626, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. No telephone requests will be accepted. Bidders are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments from the website. Contact [email protected] regarding any problems downloading the solicitation from the website. Solicitation to be issued for bids for Base Year with three Option Years. Proposals will be due on or about 09/27/2007 at 3:00 PM in the Dept of Veteran Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Office, 16th Floor, Room 1626 located at the Federal Building, 1000 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. All qualified responsive/responsible bidders may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency if received timely. Contract is subject to availability of funds.