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Small Business Sources Sought The Washington VA Medical Center is looking for a service contract to provide labor, material, and equipment necessary repair our dietary kitchen Hobart dishwasher as wel... Small Business Sources Sought The Washington VA Medical Center is looking for a service contract to provide labor, material, and equipment necessary repair our dietary kitchen Hobart dishwasher as well as replace our water softening system. Repair FT1000ER Dishwasher Replace WS-80 Water Softener The project will be implemented using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance. The VA Maryland Healthcare System is conducting this Sources Sought to identify small business contractors who possess the capabilities to provide the equipment and services as specified in the statement of work found below and to determine availability and capability to complete the procurement. If your company is interested in this requirement, is a qualified small business for the NAICS code 811310 ($8 Million according to https://www.naics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SBA_Size_Standards_Table.pdf) As permitted by FAR Part 10, this is a market research tool being utilized for informational and planning purposes. Your responses will assist the Government in the development of its acquisition strategy for a possible Request for Proposal (RFP), to be issued following completion of RFI, and in determining whether any type of small business set-aside is possible for this procurement or whether full and open competitive procedures should be utilized. Response is strictly voluntary - it is not mandatory to submit a response to this notice to participate in any formal RFP process that may take place in the future. However, it should be noted that information gathered through this notice may significantly influence our acquisition strategy. All interested parties will be required to respond separately to any solicitations posted as a result of this sources sought notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. We appreciate your interest and thank you in advance for responding to the Sources Sought. Qualified companies shall submit a statement of interest on company letterhead demonstrating the firm s qualifications to perform the defined work. Responses must be complete and sufficiently detailed to address the specific information. The documentation shall address, at a minimum, the following: Company Profile to include: Company name and address; Affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, and potential teaming partners; Year the firm was established and number of employees; Two points of contact (names, titles, phone numbers and email addresses); DUNS number and CAGE Code, as registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov/: Small Business designation/status (must correlate with SAM registration): _____ Small business _____ HUBZone _____ WOSB _____ 8(a) _____ VOSB _____ SDVOSB _____ Small Disadvantaged Business Please email all information to: Robert Tyler Hallock (304)-707-5236 Robert.hallock@va.gov GENERAL SCOPE: The contract awarded by this solicitation shall provide all labor, equipment and/or parts to perform needed repairs or replacements to return to the dietary kitchen dishwasher to the intended optimal operation functionality. This scope is based on an assessment of the dishwasher by a certified technician representative with Hobart®. The contractor will need to replace floats, steam solenoids, conveyor rollers and bearings and rods part of the water feed and travelling system to move the dish through the equipment. Other components such as the pump/motors in the processing wells along with their motor starters were found to be damaged to the point of inoperability or failing not allowing the water to be dispersed into the wells. Control starters have been damaged from repetitive resetting. Equipment repairs should be performed by an authorized Hobart service technician familiar with the operation and design of the equipment to ensure repairs are ultimately safe and performs to the listed safety and performance standards. Please provide a capability statement, if you feel that your company can complete this service. Scope for dishwasher repair is as follows: Contractor shall replace All necessary probes identified during assessment that have failed. Total of 12 identified that have failed or failing 6 each 00-935547-00003 6 each 00-935547-00004 Steam Solenoid valve 00-749983 Total of 2 identified failed or failing Curtain units 00-948729 4 identified, needed for safe operation Short curtain units 00-948731 3 identified, need again for safe operation Components with the dishrack traveling system Roller kit total of 14 identified 00-913102-00289 Guides total of 4 identified 00-774519-00001 Booster steam unit One unit identified 00-562663 Motor/service/kit for water wells 3 identified 00-974887-00002 Contactors for the pump control circuit 3 identified 00949891 1. Scope for dishwasher repair is as follows (continued): Gaskets and seals 3 each gasket 00-749370 3 each seal 00-895466 3 each gasket 00-9947956-00001 WS-80 Water Softening System 00-913091-00125 Current unit has failed allowing the hardness of the domestic water to contribute to the scaling issue of the dishwasher unit.