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This is a Sources Sought for market research purposes only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to identify companies interested and capable of providing document shr... This is a Sources Sought for market research purposes only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to identify companies interested and capable of providing document shredding services at VA Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) and five outpatient clinics located in Fresno, Tulare, Oakhurst, Merced, and Visalia. Please note that this Sources Sought Notice is for information only and does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government; however, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirement are invited to submit information describing their capability to provide the required services. There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 561990 with Small Business size of $12M million. NOTE: Please ensure that System For Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. OVERVIEW: See attached Statement of Work Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information and capability statement by email to kulvinder.brar@va.gov no later than 6:00 PM Eastern Time, March 14, 2022. Please include the follow information about your organization in your response (1) Name of Organization, (2) Address + Zip Code, (3) Telephone number, (4) Fax Number, (5) Size of Business: Large or Small, (6) SAM status, (7) Point(s) of contact, and (8) email address. Failure to provide the following information completely and accurately may result in a determination that your company is not a viable source Before responding please carefully read and consider the following: As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.