621 I – R4 Professional & Allied Healthcare Staffing Service Solicitation RFP-797-FSS-00-0115-R4 Including Amenments 0001-0005

What they want

• Temporary placement of healthcare workers at government locations, under dozens of labor categories (physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician assistants, therapists, lab and radiology technologists, and others)
• A fixed-price schedule of rates for each labor category you offer, with commercial pricing and discount disclosures
• Competent, responsible companies with at least two years of relevant corporate experience
• Quarterly sales reports and payment of the 1% Industrial Funding Fee
• Compliance with wage rules (Service Contract Labor Standards, minimum wage and paid sick leave)

What they'll judge offers on

• Scope: the services offered fall within the schedule
• Past performance
• Financial capability
• Pricing: competitive and fair and reasonable
• Regulatory compliance: not debarred, registrations complete
• For individual orders (best value): price, special features of the service, past performance, quality of the proposed solution, expertise, socioeconomic status

What to include when you submit

• Email subject line: FSS-Offer-Schedule ID-Company Name, adding "1 of #" if you send several emails (each email must stay under 10MB)
• Complete Document 02 (Vendor Response): signatory authority form, SF1449, schedule of items, scope acknowledgment, pricing and commercial sales practices, contractor qualifications, and the proposal checklist
• Complete every tab of the Document 03 Excel price list and submit it as an Excel file, not a PDF
• Past performance references: only for new offerors with no current GSA or VA schedule contract
• Small business subcontracting plan: only for other than small businesses
• New offerors must include the certificate from GSA's Pathway to Success course, completed within one year before the offer
• Include subcontractor letters of commitment, proof of liability insurance, and all required licenses and accreditations
• Documents needing signatures must have digital signatures or be scans of wet-signed pages (no pasted signature images); the SF1449 signature may be no more than 10 days old
• All electronic files must be Section 508 accessible
• Sign and return each amendment acknowledgment

You must have

• At least two years of corporate experience providing the services you offer, and the ability to show your firm is responsible. Have a minimum of two (2) years of corporate experience in providing services relative to this solicitation.
• Unrestricted (no set-aside). The size standard is $30 million for NAICS 561320. NAICS: 561320 Size Standard: $30 Million
• New offerors with no GSA or VA schedule contract must finish GSA's Pathway to Success course and include the certificate. New offerors without an existing GSA FSS or VA FSS contract must successfully complete
• Active SAM.gov registration before award, with current representations and certifications, plus proof of insurance. Vendors must be registered in SAM prior to the award of the Schedule contract
• Be able to meet minimum sales of $25,000 in the first two years after award and $25,000 each following year to keep the contract. VA expects all FSS contractors to exceed $25,000 in sales within the first two years after contract award
• A small business subcontracting plan if you are other than small and the contract value is over $750,000. if the estimated value of the contract exceeds $750,000 (including all option periods)
• Licenses and accreditations for the labor categories you offer, and subcontractor letters of commitment if you use subcontractors. Submit subcontractor letters of commitment, proof of liability insurance, and all required licenses/accreditations

Current contractor

No single incumbent. This is a multiple-award schedule, and the solicitation says it replaces the previous solicitation RFP-797-FSS-00-0115-R3 (existing schedule contractors are not named).

Not in the notice text

• The formal evaluation clause (552.238-75) and the full offer instructions (52.212-1 and related provisions) were in the part of the main solicitation that was not provided
• The price list workbook (Document 03) was not provided, so the required price format and labor category details are unknown
• Parts of the vendor response document (commercial sales practices format, contractor qualifications, past performance references) were left out
• Wage determinations that apply to your proposed labor categories and locations
• Total expected order volume for the schedule as a whole
• Which email address to use for submitting offers