H246--Water Testing and Monitoring for San Francisco VA Medical Center

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. No Solicitation is currently available. All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380, Testing Laboratories, and the small business size standard is $16.5 Million. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office (NCO 21) is soliciting contractors that can provide water testing and monitoring services as described by the Statement of Work (SOW). A draft of the Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this notice. Brief Description of Services See attached Draft SOW. Capability Statement All interested contractors must respond by email to contact@example.gov before 15:00 P.M. PST on May 4, 2022. Please answer the following questions when responding: What is your company s Socioeconomic Status? (ex: small business, large business, SDVOSB, etc.) a. If SDVOSB or VOSB, are you registered in Vendor Information Pages (VIP)? https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ Provide Company s legal name along with Unique Entity ID (SAM) number. Primary point of contact, including phone number and e-mail address Capabilities Statement List of Projects (Government and Commercial) that are similar in scope and size. As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html GSA Contract Number, if applicable. Fill out the attached price estimate (base year plus 4 option years) for Water testing and monitoring services taking into consideration the attached wage determination for the following location: San Francisco VA Medical Center San Francisco, CA 94121 *Failure to provide the information requested above (items 1-8) will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered a viable source. RFQ number 36C26122Q0541 has been assigned and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement. The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and no contract will be awarded as a direct result of this Sources Sought announcement. Notes: Contractors must have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/SAM/ SDVOSB and VOSB firms should be registered at the time of quote submission and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/