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

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE is for the purpose of Market Research. Response to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes. No proposals or quote... This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE is for the purpose of Market Research. Response to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes. No proposals or quotes are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS or QUOTES and NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall NOT be construed as solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Responses to this notice is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 is seeking preferably Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, or Small Businesses (but will accept other than small business for market research purposes), capable of performing testing for Legionella bacteria services for the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC, Jackson, MS. See DRAFT Statement of Work for detailed description of services. The NAICS code is 541620Â Environmental Consulting Services and the Size Standard is $16.5M. Responses must be received by no later than 12:00 (noon) Central Time, Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Responses shall be emailed to jennifer.adams7@va.gov . Responses shall include Capabilities Statements, DUNS number, and whether the requirement is on GSA/FSS schedule or Open Market. Facsimile or Telephonic responses will not be accepted. Note: All interested parties are reminded to be registered, active and verified in the following to be considered for Award. SAM: https://sam.gov/SAM/ VETBIZ: https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ Vet 4212 (Veteran owned small Business are reminded of Reporting Requirements) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/progams/vets4212 Statement of Work (SOW) Water sampling and Testing for Legionella s including CDC Elite Lab results for G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center Dept Of Veterans Affairs Purpose Veterans Affairs a qualified contractor to provide water sampling and testing services, to include sampling and testing for Legionella (L. pneumophila), to verify water safety for VA staff and patients whilst ensuring the VA Medical Center maintains compliance with VA s Environmental Validation program. This contract will be a non-personal services contract. The Contractor, it s employees, agents and subcontractors shall be considered government employees for any purpose. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, parts, equipment, tools, transportation, insurances, licenses, certifications and supervision necessary to provide services in accordance with this Statement of Work (SOW). This is a Base Year and up to 4 possible option years contract, should the government decide to exercise the option years. Location of Performance G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center 1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Jackson, MS 39216 Qualified Contractor To qualify in performing services on this contract, and per this SOW, the contractor must demonstrate and maintain the following requirement, have experience with facility of a similar size, capacity and nature as the VA Medical Center in Jackson, MS such as where the facility uses well systems as the primary public water supply, more specifically, facilities that provide water to specialized medical services, use a lab certified in CDC ELITE. Tasks and Requirements Legionella environmental testing shall occur at a minimum of once per Federal fiscal year quarter. The lab will provide a report indicating the analytical results for each sample submitted. Results will be calculated in terms of colony forming units (CFU/ml). All samples shall be properly preserved, and protocol records kept for final QA/QC. Results shall be provided within 10-14 days of sample receipt and shall be immediately uploaded into the web-based data management site and emailed in PDF format to the client point of contact. The contractor shall collect water samples for testing from at least 10 outlets on the hot-water distribution system and at least 10 outlets on the cold-water distribution system from each building for each quarterly testing cycle (or a total of 20 samples per quarter and 80 samples per year per building). At the time of sampling, the contractor shall teat and document the following for each sample: water temperature, level of residual biocide, and pH. The laboratory shall use Legionella 11731 ISO spread plate method for Legionella pneumophila and non-pneumophila species Measures L. pneumophila serogroup 1, L. pneumophila serogroup 2-14, and non-pneumophila species Inoculated at the laboratory overnight shipment recommended Limit of Detection (CFU/ml) = 1* Reports: 10 days after laboratory receives samples