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Notice ID:36C25520Q0153
36C25520Q0153 This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the par...
36C25520Q0153 This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to provide diagnostic medical physicist (see PWS) for the Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Louis VA Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63125-4199. Important information: The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act and VAAR 808.002 (Class Deviation), Priorities for use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). However, if response by Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open solicitation may be published. Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 561621 (Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths)), with a size standard of $22.0 million. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM located on the web at www.sam.gov). Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THE RESPONSE: 1) Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address, NAICS code(s), business size (i.e. small/large), and DUNS Number. 2) Statement of Capability that demonstrates ability of providing the item in accordance with the attached Statement of Requirement (SOR) and past performance in providing this type of service. Include examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. This notice is to assist the NCO 15 in determining SOURCES ONLY. This announcement is not a request for proposals or quotations. The Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. The Government will not pay for any costs incurred in the preparation or submission of information in response to this announcement. Any response to this source sought from Interested parties must be received NLT January 27, 2020. Attention: Frank Novello, Contracting Officer. Email: frank.novello@va.gov. DESCRIPTION This service contract requires the furnishing of all labor, material, equipment, supervision, management, tools, transportation, and supplies for the complete maintenance and Corrective maintenance services to the Security System at the John Cochran (JC) Division and Jefferson Barracks (JB) Division of the VA Medical Center (VAMC), St. Louis, Missouri. Contractor shall furnish all labor for normal, routine and emergency maintenance, 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. The contractor is responsible for providing field updates to as-built drawings and associated documentation as tests and maintenance is performed. The as-built drawings will be provided by the VAMC for the entire security alarm system for the equipment listed in Table Nos. 1 through 31 of this document. All material used in the course of normal, routine and emergency Corrective maintenance, testing and inspections are included; except see VANDALISM, Paragraph III..D. All parts shall be of current manufacturer and shall have full versatility/compatibility with presently installed equipment. All replacement parts for access control must be FIPS 201 compliant. STL VA is currently using a 75-bit card for the VA PIV Credential. Any material provided outside this contract for adds, moves, changes, act of God, etc., will be provided to the VAMC at the Contractor s preferred customer rate for labor and materials. In addition; the contractor is required to provide the below listed administrative duties for the St Louis Medical Center Create C*CURE reports requested by the various services. Update schedules of reports and report parameters. Update reports as equipment is added or deleted. Approximately 3 hours per month. Add and delete C*CURE Operators as needed. Minimal amount of time (maybe once every three months) Manage active directory to include adding and deleting users and resetting passwords. Minimal amount of time (maybe once every three months) Maintain CISCO Equipment for campus interconnection. Provide preventative maintenance on access control, video and intercom system to reduce downtime of same. Minimum of 16 hours per week. Will be required to maintain a bench stock of spare parts provided by the VA Medical center to be used in emergency situations Will be required to maintain four client PCs and four servers, including keyboards, mice and speakers. As new buildings come on line under the JB and JC Major Construction projects the contractor will be responsible for the initial entry of all the security related hardware (to include ISTARs, Card Readers, Receivers, Relays, duress buttons etc.) in the Master Application Server and the Satellite server. In addition; the Contractor will be responsible for adding all the new video surveillance equipment into the March Networks system
