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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The purpose of this notice is to conduct ma... THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses with special interest in seeking: VA certified Service-Disabled Veteran owned Small Business (SDVOSB), VA certified Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Small Business (SB) concerns. No solicitation is being issued at this time. 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. The Northern Indiana Healthcare System (NIHCS), Marion and Ft. Wayne campuses have a requirement for Physical Access Control System (PACS) Locks and Card Reader Maintenance The appropriate NAICS Code 561621 Security Systems Services, Size Standard $22 Million Responses: Please submit your response in accordance with the following instructions: Responses shall be no more than 10 pages in length. Responses are due by11/05/2021 at 14:00 PM EST. Responses shall be submitted via email. Emails cannot exceed 10mb Subject line of the Email shall include this Sources Sought Notice Number Firm Name NIHCS PACS Locks and Card Reader Maintenance Service. If your response contains proprietary information you will place Proprietary Information in front of the Sources Sought Notice Number. No marketing materials are allowed as part of this Sources Sought Notice. The Government will not review any other information or attachments included in your submission that is not listed herein or exceeds the 10-page limitation. Contractors Federal Supply Schedule Contract that carries the desired services If you do not have a Federal Supply Schedule contract, you shall state open market Provide the Schedule Provide expiration date of your Contract Provide your GSA/FSS/SAC Contract Number Provide the SIN for PACS Locks and Card Reader Maintenance Services If any of the items are not on your GSA/FSS contract you will mark which items are open market. Contractor Point of Contact to include: Name Title Phone Email Company Information to include: Name Address DUNs Number Tax ID Number Business Size Provide information as to what PACS Locks and Card Reader Maintenance Services contracts are provided by your company. Provide how your company invoices for services in the commercial marketplace. Business Size/Type: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), Hub Zone Small Business, Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Small Business, or Large Business. All prospective Contractors are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.11 they shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and shall complete annual Representations and Certifications in SAM prior to any offer. SAM is located at http://www.sam.gov and consolidated the capabilities of CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS. There is no cost to use SAM. FOR SDVOSB/VOSB ONLY: Please note that if responding as an SDVOSB or VOSB, your company must be registered and verified in the VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database, which is available at: https://access.va.gov/accessva/?cspSelectFor=vems. Please include a copy of your VetBiz certification with your response. Contractor shall include 3 past contracts for the same or similar services. Contractor shall include at minimum: Name of Company Company POC Company POC phone Company POC email Dollar amount of contract Contract number Period of Performance Description of services provided Contractor shall include any relevant comments about the attachments, if applicable. Contractor shall provide a public price list/contract price list for the services described herein. Contractor shall provide a detailed response to include your firm s ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the services presented in this Sources Sought Notice. Contractor shall provide if they plan to sub-contract all or part of the work, and to what firm to include the subs duns number and business size. Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Preliminary Requirements GENERAL: The contractor shall provide all needed labor, materials, parts (to include system components), Supervision, Project Management, Equipment, Quality and Safety Assurance, and all other necessary resources required to provide maintenance, updates, and software support for the Physical Access Control System (PACS) locks and card readers at VA Northern Indiana Health Care System on the Fort Wayne, Marion, and Annex (Fort Wayne) Campuses located at 2121 Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, 1700 E. 38th St. Marion IN 46953, and 2500 E. State Blvd. Fort Wayne IN 46805. SCOPE: To include: Contractors work and responsibility shall include all contractor planning, programming, administration, and management necessary to provide all upgrades, additions and related services as specified. Contractor shall provide all related contractor administration services to perform the work such as quality control, contractor financial control, preparing and submitting required reports, and submitting necessary information as specified under this contract. The work shall be conducted by the contractor in strict accordance with the contract, to include all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws, codes, regulations, and directives and specifications. The contractor shall coordinate all shutdowns with the Contracting Office Representative (COR) at least three (3) weeks in advance of the shutdown. This shall include all system upgrades, any additions to the system, or any function that will bring the system down or make it unusable. Contractor shall provide at a minimum; 16 hours Project management time, Eight (8) hours per week Embedded Tech Support Specialist time to assist in day-to-day tasks for system operation and technical application to include service work, programming, test & inspection and other technical requirements of the system and its components, and Maintenance Technician Emergency Remedial Maintenance to respond to emergencies within 24 hours. Contractor shall provide all software support licensing needed to support the system. Contractor shall provide an inventory/record/log of existing components, updated list after new components are added, and available space to add new components to the existing system to the VA. Contractor shall provide 64 additional Lenel reader licenses at both the Fort Wayne and the Marion campuses for PACs that have been installed at the facilities, but not yet added to the contract. Contractor shall provide an optional 64 Lenel reader licenses for future additions to the system that can be installed at a later time to be determined by the VA. Contractor shall be required to incorporate existing PACS at COBCs into existing system as designated by VA. Work Shall be performed during normal business hours, Monday through Friday between the hours of 07:00 and 16:30, otherwise specified for the need of the VA. Any work that needs to be done outside these hours needs to be cleared through the VA. Contractor shall provide Submittals to COR prior to install. The PIV Card Reader Systems are located at: Fort Wayne VA Hospital 2121 Lake Ave. Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Marion VA Hospital 1700 E. 38th St. Marion, IN 46953 ANNEX Fort Wayne 2500 E. State Blvd. Fort Wayne IN 46805