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

This Sources Sought Notice is not a formal request for proposals or quotes. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associa... This Sources Sought Notice is not a formal request for proposals or quotes. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their response to this notice. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, on behalf of Veteran Affairs Medical Center Durham (including remote locations) is in the process of planning a requirement for services to include all OEM-recommended Preventative Maintenance and Inspections services and Corrective Maintenance Repairs on the item listed below. Additionally, please see the attached Performance Work Statement and equipment listing. Description Quantity Hillrom Advanta 2 Med Surg Hospital Bed 120EA Hillrom Progressa Hospital Bed 35EA Golvo Mobile Lift 8EA This potential requirement may be for a base period of one year (1) and two (2) one-year option periods. The applicable NAICS Code is 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1000 employees. The corresponding Product Service Code is J065. The VA is seeking written responses to assist with identifying potential sources that are interested in, and capable of, providing the services described. Please review the information contained herein and identify whether your company has the capability and interest to provide the services described. Please provide Hillrom Biomedical OEM training certification for the models of beds in equipment listing as well as your capability statement. Capability statement that demonstrates the firm s ability to meet the above requirement, should include: Company Name: Company Point of Contact Name, Email and Phone: Company DUNS Number: Socioeconomic Category: Company GSA schedule (if applicable) under which these services can be purchased: Describe briefly the capabilities of your company and the nature of the services you provide relative to the current requirement for OEM-recommended Preventative Maintenance and Inspections services and Corrective Maintenance Repair Services. The Veterans First Contracting Program applies to VA contracts only. VA has a preference to award contracts to verified service disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) first, then to verified Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) ,when market research provides a reasonable expectation that the VA will receive two or more offers from eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms at a fair and reasonable price ( Public Law 109-461). To be eligible for a VA SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside, the firm must be verified in the VA s Office of Small Business Utilization s (OSDBU) Veteran Information Pages (VIP) database as an SDVOSB or VOSB at the time the firm submits its offer to the VA. Additional information on VA s Veterans First Contracting Program can be found on OSDBU s website at https://www.va.gov/osdbu/verification/ . In addition, the SDVOSB/VOSB must qualify as a small business under SBA s regulations. The Government reserves the right to contact any respondent and/or respondent reference to obtain additional information. Currently, no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. Any resulting procurement action will be the subject of a separate, future announcement. The information is provided for market research purposes and any potential strategy for this acquisition may change prior to any solicitation release. The acquisition strategy, evaluation methodology, contract type, and any other acquisition decisions are to be determined. It is the potential vendor s responsibility to monitor the CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY (formerly FEDBIZOPPS) website at https://beta.sam.gov/ for release of any future Pre-Solicitation, Amendments or solicitation that may result from the sources sought. Vendors having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this sources sought notice via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, no later than 20 April 2021 at 12:00 PM EDT. Responses shall be emailed to: Sherry.holmes@va.gov.