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Subject: Sources Sought, Renovate & Expand Sterile Process Supply for Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Regional Procurement Office West, Network Contracting Office 21 (N... Subject: Sources Sought, Renovate & Expand Sterile Process Supply for Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Regional Procurement Office West, Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21) on behalf of Palo Alto VA Health Care System. The purpose of this sources sought is to conduct market research to support the procurement of the Renovate & Expand Sterile Process Supply requirement located at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo, CA. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether sources can provide the requested services. This notice allows potential contractors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. The sources sought effort is intended to assess industry capabilities and develop/support the intended direction of acquisition planning. NCO 21 is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 236220 - Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. This sources sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 236220. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this notice. A Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be released in early November 2024. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking contractors to perform the required services for the completion of the project identified as Renovate & Expand Sterile Process Supply per the attached draft statement of work (SOW). Contractors must demonstrate their ability to meet all requirements listed in this notice. See attached draft SOW for additional information. The estimated magnitude of this construction project is between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. This information is provided per VAAR 836.204. Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf ). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses shall have their ownership and control verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and be listed in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov) Information Requested: The Government requests that interested parties review the attached SOW, complete the attached questionnaire, and to provide the following capability information identified below to the Contracting Officer, Corey R. Kline, at corey.kline3@va.gov by 12:00 PM PDT on September 19, 2024. Please place Attention: Renovate & Expand Sterile Process Supply Palo Alto in the subject line of your email. NOTE: Interested parties are encouraged to provide complete and accurate response to all items, a through m below. Business Size (Large/Small) Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) Identify if you are the Prime contractor or Subcontractor SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI) DUNS number Bonding Capability; per contract and aggregate. Provide amount of aggregate bonding currently available (i.e., amount not committed). Anticipated Teaming Arrangements (if applicable). Is the anticipated period of performance realistic for this project? Experience in managing Construction projects between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. Include general information and technical background describing your firm's experience on contracts requiring similar efforts to meet the program objectives. Experience. Past and present corporate experience on public works (Federal, State, County, or City) major remodel(s) & expansions and/or included major heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) remodel(s) projects. Qualifying project[s] must also fall within the same magnitude or greater and be of similar scope and complexity. Provide evidence of minimum of three (3) contracts completed or substantially completed eighty percent (80%) within the last five (5) years. A min of one (1) of these projects must be the remodeling of a public works building and/or medical facility. Similar magnitude is defined as project with award value of greater than $10 million. Similar scope and complexity are defined as projects that consist of a major remodel & expansion and/or major HVAC remodel of approximately 7K SQFT public works building and/or medical facility and involved the supervision of a minimum of 6 trades. Average price per square foot for each project identified under paragraph (i) above, using the total modified value of the contract. List of Sub-Contractors you intend to use on this project, including but not limited to: Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Controls, and Air-Balance. If applicable, how does your company intend to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting as per 13 CFR 125.6? Are your Sub-Contractors from the local area or will they be coming from out of the area, if so, from where? The Government requests that interested party submissions in response to this source sought notice be no more than 10 single-sided, type-written pages using Times New Roman 12-point font or larger. Published literature may be any number of pages. NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exist at this time. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking proposals nor accepting unsolicited proposals, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the contractor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this sources sought notice. (End of Document)