Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY The purpose of this email is to conduct Market Research for 6 Retherm Units for heat-n-hold and cool-n-hold that have not been working located at the Department of Veterans Affairs... SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY The purpose of this email is to conduct Market Research for 6 Retherm Units for heat-n-hold and cool-n-hold that have not been working located at the Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor St. Albans CLC 179-00 Linden Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11425. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. All responsible sources must submit a capability statement addressing its capabilities, capacity, and location which shall be considered by the agency. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. The Veterans Administration is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Interested parties submitting a response to this inquiry must include the following information: capability statement, name and address of company; DUNS number: business size (large, small, VOSB, or SDVOSB); identify applicable socioeconomic categories and any pertinent information which demonstrates the firm s ability to meet the above requirement. Response shall be submitted no later than November 20, 2019 at 9:00 AM ( EST). Response shall be via email ONLY to: Eulanda.James@va.gov. NYHHCS - SA CLC ST ALBANS Campus Statement of Work (SOW) Background In the SA CLC there are 6 Retherm Units for heat-n-hold and cool-n-hold that have not been working. Patients complaints were reported at our resident council meeting. The existing units are not reliable causing delay in food services. The New York Harbor CLC requires minimum of 16 working retherm units. The current situation places our food and nutrition services out of compliance and must be corrected immediately. Any further delay will severely impact patient nutrition needs quality care. Scope of work: Replace blower wheel on Station #16 Replace blower wheel on Station #7 Replace compressor, drier, contactor, recover and add new refrigerant on Station #5 Replace compressor, drier, contactor, recover and add new refrigerant on Station #7 Replace 3 pole fuse block, 30A fuse, 2 pole fuse 4A fuse, scroll, vane, all mounting hardware, copper tubing, copper fittings on Station #2 Replace solenoid valve on retherm #6 Replace motor, blower wheel, 3 pole fuse block, 30A fuse, 4A fuse, run capacitor cold sensor, recover and add new refrigerant on Station #11 Required Equipment: Contractor to provide the following equipment: Refrigerant recovery tanks General Requirements: Contractor to repair all inoperable retherm stations. General Notes: In accordance with VHAPM Part 813.106-1/2 Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. (b ) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM's warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. (c ) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA's election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. Period of Performance System installation to be completed within 15 days of contract award. Place of Performance / Place of Delivery The work will take place at the NY Harbor Healthcare System (SA CLC). St. Albans CLC: 179-00 Linden Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434 Government-Furnished Property, Material, Equipment, or Information (GFP, GFM, GFE, or GFI) VA will furnish facilities floor plans to the vendor. There will be no other government furnished property, material or equipment Training: All contractor employees and subcontractor employees requiring access to VA information and VA information systems shall complete the following before being granted access to VA information and its systems: (1 ) Sign and acknowledge (either manually or electronically) understanding of and responsibilities for compliance with the Contractor Rules of Behavior, Appendix E relating to access to VA information and information systems; ( 2 ) Successfully complete the VA Cyber Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training and annually complete required security training; ( 3 ) Successfully complete the appropriate VA privacy training and annually complete required privacy training; and ( 4 ) Successfully complete any additional cyber security or privacy training, as required for VA personnel with equivalent information system access [to be defined by the VA program official and provided to the contracting officer for inclusion in the solicitation document - e.g., any role-based information security training required in accordance with NIST Special Publication 800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements.] The contractor shall provide to the contracting officer and/or the COTR a copy of the training certificates and certification of signing the Contractor Rules of Behavior for each applicable employee within 1 week of the initiation of the contract and annually thereafter, as required. Failure to complete the mandatory annual training and sign the Rules of Behavior annually, within the timeframe required, is grounds for suspension or termination of all physical or electronic access privileges and removal from work on the contract until such time as the training and documents are complete.