99--SHREDDING SERVICES TO VA LAS VEGASAMEND 1 TO PRESOL NOTICE

VA VISN 22 Network 22 Logistics Office, Long Beach, CA intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for ONSITE Shredding Services at Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Item, FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The Contractor shall provide document destruction services for Government provided documents containing classified, sensitive confidential and medical records. SUBCONTRACTING WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. The documents (paper data) shall be destroyed (shredded) to a size of 5/16 inches in width, 5/8 cross cut or smaller strips. Protected information contained on any other form of media will be removed, obliterated, or the media destroyed by or in the presence of a VA employee or contractor employee in such a manner that the information is totally unrecoverable. NAICS Code is 561990. This procurement is 100% Small Business set-aside. The Request for Quotation is VA-262-08-RQ-0295DW. The solicitation will be available on or about June 12, 2008. A walk-through for interested Contractors will be scheduled on a later date. Attendance is not mandatory, but Contractors are encouraged to attend. Only one walk-through for this solicitation will be conducted. This procurement is to obtain Shredding Services for multiple locations; around 13 to 15 locations around Las Vegas Nevada. The Contractor shall provide all necessary and appropriate labor, supervision, materials, equipment and supplies to successfully perform ONSITE shredding services. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to response to this requirement. No telephone inquiries shall be accepted. Information and questions can be sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network 22 Logistics Office, Bldg. 149, Attn: Don Weerasinghe, 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822 or via fax 562-961-1395. Fax submissions must be followed up with a confirmation to the Contracting Officer via email at [email protected]