The Great Lakes Acquisition Center is conducting market research, not a request for quote, to assess whether enough qualified SDVOSB, VOSB, small/emerging small, or other-than-small firms can provide brand name or equal Leer Combo Indoor Walk-in Coolers and Freezers at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health in North Chicago, IL. The required equipment includes a large combo walk-in with freezer and cooler sections, specified panels, floors, doors, accessories, and three refrigeration systems with extended compressor warranties. The applicable NAICS code is 333415, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. Interested firms must submit specified business information, including SAM UEI, organization details, point of contact, business size, socio-economic status, and open market or GSA/FSS status, to the contracting officer. The government will use responses to make an acquisition decision, and this is the only notice.

This is a Sources Sought Notice only, not a request for quote, for market research to assess whether enough qualified SDVOSB, VOSB, small/emerging small, or other-than-small firms can provide brand name or equal Leer Combo Indoor Walk-in Coolers and Freezer. Performance location is Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health, North Chicago, IL 60064-3048. The requirement includes a large indoor walk-in combination system with freezer and cooler sections, specified panels, floors, doors, accessories, and R448A refrigeration systems with 4-year extended compressor warranties. The applicable NAICS code is 333415, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. Interested firms must submit requested business information—including SAM UEI, organization details, point of contact, business size/socio-economic status, CVE verification if applicable, and open market or GSA/FSS status—to Jennifer Mead at Jennifer.Mead@va.gov; telephonic inquiries will not be accepted.