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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Sources Sought Notice Generator PM & Load Bank Testing This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solel... Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Sources Sought Notice Generator PM & Load Bank Testing 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. 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. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking a vendor to provide the following products and/or services below. Please see the General Requirements section below for the requested products/services and descriptions. This Sources Sought is to facilitate the Contracting Officer s review of the market base, for acquisition planning, size determination, and procurement strategy. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Load bank testing on the generators is required to satisfy VA Directive 1028 and NFPA code requirements for Emergency power supply systems. Applicable documents: VA Directive 1028 and all applicable NFPA code requirement 2.0 SPECIFIC TASKS 2.1 Task One - The contractor shall contact the Electrical Unit Supervisor to schedule all work, provide a detailed work plan and briefing for the VA project team, which presents the contractor's plan for completing the work. The contractor's plan shall be responsive with this SOW and describe, in further detail, the approach to be used for each aspect of the purchase order as defined in the technical proposal. All work to be done 8am-5pm Monday through Friday except federal holidays. Contractor to provide all material, labor, equipment and supervision needed to: 2.1.1 Service to Load Bank Test: (1) one Generator located in Building 411. (2) two Generators 6 & 7 located in west of Building 330 s Cooling Towers. (3) Two Generators located in building 310. (4) One generator located in building 147. (5) One generator located at building 302. (6) Two generators located at building 320. (7) Four Generators located in building 330. (8) One Generator located at building 408. (9) One generator located at building 409. (10) one generator located at building 128. (11) One generator located at building 120. (12) one generator located at building 127. (13) One portable generator located at building 131 2.1.2 Generator shall be Load Tested at the intervals described: 30% of nameplate rating for 60 minutes, followed by 55% of nameplate rating for 60 minutes, followed by 80% of nameplate rating for 120 minutes for a total of four hours 2.2 Task Two - Service to provide all material, labor and supervision needed to PM (19) nineteen Emergency Generators in FY 2020 (October 2019) & nineteen Generators in Calendar 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024. (NOTE) Option year two - generator maintenance shall include replacing the lead acid batteries on all of the generators except those located at building 330 serving generators 1 thru 4 and 6&7 RESPONSE COMMITMENT Response: All responses should be directed to donna.sizemore@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). Notes: 1. This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will follow. The Department of Veterans Affairs will use the information submitted in response to this notice at its discretion and will not provide comments to any submission; however, The Department of Veterans Affairs reserves the right to contact any respondent to this notice for the sole purpose of enhancing The Department of Veteran Affairs understanding of the notice submission. 2. The content of any responses to this notice may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation, except for content marked or designated as business confidential or proprietary which will be fully protected from release outside the government. The Department of Veteran Affairs Contracting Office POC: Donna M. Sizemore, Contractor, TAG Journeyman Contract Support Specialist The Arcanum Group in Support of VHA Email: donna.sizemore@va.gov