J036--PRE-SOL-SSN/RFI-CAVHS Laundry Maintenance and Services

Title: CAVHS Maintenance and Service Contract for the Laundry facility (building 159)
2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, located at Galleria Financial Center, 5075 Westheimer Rd, Ste 750, Houston, TX 77030, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, and qualifications of potential businesses to provide maintenance and services for the Laundry facility (building 159) at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) at 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114. Contractors shall provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, lodging, software, installation, maintenance, service, troubleshooting, calibration, replacement of worn or defective parts, inspections, adjustments, license, certification, personnel, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts, (OEM) certified personnel, repairs and supervision.
This Sources Sought will be used to determine if a set-aside for any small business program is appropriate. Government anticipates competitive, firm fixed price contract. Please review this announcement and respond to questions below as well as provide contractors capabilities, copies of certifications, license, OEM training, OEM certification, capability to obtain OEM parts to provide services and maintenance for the government equipment.
Government requests that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature, OEM training, and OEM certification to provide maintenance and service for government equipment. The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement.
3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, installation, maintenance, service, inspection, personnel, OEM parts, OEM certification, calibration, inspections, adjustments, license, and supervision necessary provide services and maintenance for the government equipment.
4. Place of Performance: 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114.
5. Responses Requested: NCO 16 requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SSN: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the SSN and contractor may not be considered as part of this market research.
a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and SAM Unique Entity Identification Number.
b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications.
c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code: 811310?
d. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller for various types of equipment listed in the draft performance work statement (PWS) ? Provide evidence/authorization/agreement from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
e. Do you (contractor) possess the necessary license and OEM certifications to provide services and maintenance on government equipment listed above and in the draft performance work statement (PWS). Provide evidence from OEMs.
f. What percentage of the contracted services will your company complete as the prime contractor? ______________%
What percentage of the contracted services will your company subcontract? __________%
h. Provide in your capability statement a list of active contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments similar to this requirement. List Contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison.
i. For this requirement, Is your company available under any;
Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC) General Services Administration Schedules (GSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
If so, please list the contract number and SIN.
6. Opportunity: The NCO 16, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to meet this requirement. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the NCO 16 in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractors shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives.
7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by 2-25-2026 at 10:00 am (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov.
All Questions shall be submitted by 2-17-26 at 10:00 pm (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov.
Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted.
Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible.
This a New Requirement.
The subject line shall read: 36C25626Q0386 RFI-Sources Sought- CAVHS Maintenance and services for government Steris Sterilization. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(i).
Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by NCO 16 as "market research" and will not be released outside of the NCO 16 Purchasing and Contract Team.
This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government.
In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ.
8. Contact Information: Contract Specialist, Anthony Marion Email address: contact@example.gov Your responses to this notice are appreciated.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.