J043--Med Gas Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source to Beaconmedaes LLC, 1059 Paragon Way Rock Hill, SC 29730-0121. Beaconmedaes LLC will provide maintenance of med gas equipment and testing medical gas outlets. Maintenance will be conducted on OEM frequencies and the testing of medical gas outlets will be on an annual basis. The base year we are requesting all of our medical gas outlets be tested and every year thereafter we are requiring ten percent of the total to be tested. Each option year the ten percent of outlet tested will change from the previous year. Detailed reporting shall be provided once testing is completed. The place of performance is Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital located at 800 Hospital Dr., Columbia, MO 65201. The Government intends to award a base plus four option years contract. The NAICS code is 811310 with a size standard of $12.5 Million. The corresponding Product Service Code is J043. Interested firms may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement NLT February 20, 2023 at 14:30 PM CST. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this notice. This notice shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There will be no solicitation available for competitive proposals as market research has determined these services are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer within three (3) calendar days of this publication. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer Janie Juszczak, who can be reached at contact@example.gov. Phone calls will not be accepted. The Network Contracting Office 15 address is: VA Heartland Network 15, Network Business Office, Contracting Office, 3450 South. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048.