Cage Wash Preventative Maintenance

This is a notice issued on behalf of the Office of Research Services (ORS), Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR) by the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO), Office of Acquisitions, NIH, DHHS, UNITED STATES. This is a Small Business Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. There is no solicitation available at this time. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding : (1) the availability and capability of all qualified small business sources who maintain and repair cage washing equipment, as listed in Attachment 2 (See "NIH ORS DVR Cage Wash Equipment") ; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The NAICS for this requirement is 811219 - Surgical Instrument Repair and Maintenance Services with a size standard of $1 million. Attached to this Sources Sought Notice is a draft Statement of Work (See "Cage Wash Statement of Work). Responses must reference HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-18-003 and include the following: (1) Name and Address of the vendor, (2) Size and type of business (3) Point of contact with name, title, phone, fax and email, (4) DUNS number, (5) Vendor's capability statement (no more than 15 pages) addressing the draft Statement of Work. (6) List of organizations to whom the same or similar types of equipment have been previously provided to include contract number, dollar value, name, and the phone number of the Contracting Officer, (7) Applicable Product/services list. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF MAY 1, 2018 at 3 PM EST. Please submit Capability Statements through email (johnsontim@od.nih.gov) All questions and/or comments must be in writing and emailed to Tim Johnson at johnsontim@od.nih.gov. Comments and questions will NOT be answered. The questions will assist in creating a solicitation for this requirement. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a Request for Proposals. The Government DOES NOT intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement. Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for costs associated with preparation of their responses. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed, to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the services. Responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to any possible future solicitation.