The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service (VR&E) has a requirement to provide Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services nationwide (continental United States - CONUS) and in selected territories and countries outside the continental United States (OCONUS). The VR&E Services solicited are: Initial Assessment/Evaluation; Case Management/Rehabilitation Services; Employment Services; Educational and Vocational Counseling; and Discrete Services. The VA may award one or more contracts for these services. The contracts shall be performance based, fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts. The period of performance for the awarded contracts shall include a base period and four option periods, each one year in length. The CONUS and OCONUS service areas are divided into 26 subareas. Offerors may propose on one or more of the above services in any subarea and/or one or more subareas. Offerors must provide at least one of the aforementioned VR&E services over an entire subarea. Some subareas will be set aside for small service-disabled veteran-owned firms and small businesses based on extensive market research. Awards shall be made based on the evaluation criteria established in the solicitation. The solicitation is expected to be released on or before July 6, 2007. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 624310 and the size standard is $6.5 million. Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted. Please email questions concerning this solicitation to the contract specialist(s) at the address below. Information on the subareas and geographic locations serviced under the solicitation may be found at http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/nas/nas07.htm Future correspondence regarding this solicitation must be sent to the following e-mail address:
[email protected] It is anticipated that the new National Acquisition Strategy (NAS) contract will be the only source used by VR&E offices that encompasses the services required by the veterans in CONUS and OCONUS. The VR&E Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 12:00PM (noon), EST, on Wednesday, July 11th, 2007, in the Federal "A" and "B" rooms at the Capital Hilton Hotel. The hotel is located at 1001 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC., 20036. The hotel is within walking distance of the McPherson Square metro stop, serving the orange and blue lines. It is also within walking distance of the Farragut North metro stop, serving the red line. Registration for the Pre-Proposal Conference is being done via the internet at http://www.va.gov/osdbu/services/conferences.asp. Participation at the Pre-Proposal Conference may be done in person or "virtually" via the internet. The Department of Veterans Affairs will webcast the Pre-Proposal Conference via the internet at no cost to the participants. Registration for, and information on, the webcast is contained at the same website. For optimum performance, webcast participants should connect via high speed/broadband internet service. Immediately following the conclusion of the Pre-Proposal Conference, VA will conduct a workshop on joint ventures, at no cost to the participants. Firms interested in joint ventures are strongly encouraged to participate in the workshop. Points of Contact: Emmanuel McKever, Contract Specialist. Email:
[email protected]; Carolyn Thomas, Contract Specialist. Email:
[email protected]; Frank Flutter, Contract Specialist. Email:
[email protected] Additional Information ________________________________________ Government-wide Numbered Notes See numbered note 2.