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Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Sources Sought Notice Inspection, Safety Device Testing and Calibration;
Boiler Plant Burners, Controls, Instruments, and Data Management Louis Stokes VA Medical Center

This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely for the purpose of conducting market research to enhance VHA s understanding of the market s offered products, services and capabilities. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted in response to this Sources Sought.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VA Healthcare System, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10, on behalf of Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is conducting market research through this sources sought notice to seek sources that can provide inspections, tuning, testing, calibrating, adjustments of burners and boiler plant controls, for the boilers located at each VAMC medical center located within VISN 10 (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan Approximately 51 total boilers across 12 sites). Compliance with VHA Directive 1810 Boiler and Boiler Plant Operations will be mandatory.

The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 238220, size standard of $19M. The product service code is J045.

The contracting office is contemplating award of a Firm Fixed Price contract for this service.

This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their notice of ability, and their available services in response to the requirement described below. Vendors are being invited to submit information relative to their potential of fulfilling the requirement below, in the form of a capability response that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought. Pursuant to FAR Part 10, Market Research, the purpose of this notice is to determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists and to determine the commercial practices of company's engaged in providing the needed service. Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Contractors that can provide and meet the requirement are requested to send:

1. Company Name
2. SAM.gov UEI number
3. Business size under NAICS 238220
4. If you believe another NAICS code is more suitable for these services, please include the code.
5. If the service(s) are available on an FSS contract or not and the FSS contract number if it is available on contract.
6. Notification if they are an SBA VetCert registered VOSB/SDVOSB or not. Contractors must be registered and certified in VetCert to be considered VOSB/SDVOSB.
7. Is there any reason you would not be interested in responding to a solicitation?
8. Please provide a short narrative on the technical capability and interest in providing the requested services.
9. Any licenses, insurances, training, or special accommodations necessary to perform this task.
10. Any questions, comments, or concerns, that may otherwise assist us.

RESPONSE COMMITMENT
Response:
All responses should be directed to chad.kemper@va.gov.
Submittals furnished will not be returned to the sender. No debriefs will be conducted. Eligibility in participating in a future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice.
Proprietary information is neither requested nor desired. If such information is submitted, it must clearly be marked "proprietary" on every sheet containing such information, and the proprietary information must be segregated to the maximum extent practicable from other portions of the response (e.g., use an attachment or exhibit).

Timeline:
This request will close on stated date within the Government Point of Entry (GPE).

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