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J045-- Annual Boiler Inspection & Testing
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The Network Contracting Office 16 under the Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting market research through a Sources Sought Notice for Annual Boiler Inspection & Testing services at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. This effort aims to assess contractor interest, capabilities, and pricing to determine whether a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS Code 238220 is appropriate, with a planned firm fixed price contract structure. The scope involves comprehensive inspection, testing, and calibration of boiler plant burners, controls, and instrumentation by qualified technicians, including visual reviews of log sheets and alarm reports, safety interlock testing, burner performance measurements with strict carbon monoxide limits of 200 ppm, and biannual calibration of over a dozen critical systems such as steam flow transmitters, flue gas analyzers, stack temperature sensors, pressure and water level controllers, and all associated signal processing devices. All work must comply with the VHA Boiler Plant Safety Devices Testing Manual, NFPA 85, and manufacturer recommendations. Respondents must be prepared to demonstrate compliance with the Small Business Administration’s Nonmanufacturer Rule, addressing the four prong factors including employee count thresholds, primary business activity, possession of goods, and sourcing from domestic small businesses. Companies must confirm their small business status, provide SAM certifications for Buy American Act and Trade Agreement compliance, and substantiate whether they are manufacturers or authorized distributors with OEM documentation. All responses require full disclosure of contact details, SAM Unique Entity ID, business size, estimated pricing for name brand or equal products, and contract experience with federal, state, or local governments. The contractor must supply all personnel, equipment, labor, and shipping, submit a detailed report with pass/fail status tables for each tested component, deliver data sheets and flue gas printouts within one week of site visits, and immediately report any safety deficiencies. Performance will occur at the Shreveport facility with a proposed contract period of five years, starting October 1, 2026, and including four option years through September 30, 2031. Responses are due by June 12, 2026, via email, and failure to fully answer all required questions will result in non-responsiveness. This notice is strictly for market research; no contract will be awarded based on this solicitation, and no payment will be made for responses.
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Overton Brooks Va Medical Center 510 East Stoner Ave, Shreveport, LA, 71101, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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Contractor shall provide all shipping, installation (if required), equipment, personnel, labor and testing. This Sources Sought is published for market research purposes. 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, respond to questions below and review all attachments in their entirety.
Government requests that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. 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.
The objectives of this RFI are to identify responsible sources and interested parties who have presently have the skill sets required for this unique mission. If an interested vendor does not presently have the skill sets and personnel available, a detailed plan and time frame to acquire those personnel will be detailed in their response. Responses Requested: The MEDVAMC requires complete responses to all questions and requested information outlined in this Request for Information/Sources Sought (RFI/SS). Failure to provide any requested information or answer all questions will result in the submission being deemed non-responsive and excluded from consideration in the market research process. Respondents must ensure all questions are fully addressed.
a. Contractors shall provide their points(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.
b. Does your company meet all required four prong factors for the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) per guidance of SBA and 13 C.F.R. § 121.406 Offer must answer all questions below. 1. Does your company exceed the 1250 employee alternative size standard for nonmanufacturers? ___ 2. Is your company primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of products being supplied? __________ 3. Does your company must take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? __________ 4. Does your company supply the end products of a small business manufacturer or processor made in the United States? _____________ c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS Code 238220 d. Do you (offer) manufacture the product yourself or a distributor of the items being researched above?____ e. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM). f. Do you (offer) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a nonmanufacturer? g. Do you (offer) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule? h. Is your (offer) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. i. Is your (offer) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. j. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the name brand or equal product? k. For the name brand or equal product required, 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 for name brand or equal product. l. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product is being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison. to the name brand or equal product meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work. m. Contractors shall provide an estimated industry pricing for name brand product for market research and budgetary purposes. 5. Opportunity: NCO 16 is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. 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 MEDVAMC in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. The Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. 6. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by Jun 12, 2026, at 10:00 am (CST) via email to rhonda.gibson2@va.gov. All Questions shall be submitted by Jun 9, 2026, at 10:00 pm (CST) via email to Rhonda.gibson2@va.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 is a New Requirement. The subject line shall read: 36C25626Q0896-RFI-Sources Sought- Annual Boiler Inspection & Testing - Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, 510 Est Stoner Ave, Shreveport, LA 71101. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. 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 MEDVAMC as "market research" and will not be released outside of the MEDVAMC 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. 7. Contact Information: Contract Specialist, Rhonda Gibson Email address: Rhonda.gibson2@va.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.
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