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Page 2 of 2 This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine Small Business sources capable of providing Fire Door Inspections under NAICS 561210. Small business size standard is $41.5 million. Product Se... Page 2 of 2 This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine Small Business sources capable of providing Fire Door Inspections under NAICS 561210. Small business size standard is $41.5 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is H342. BACKGROUND: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any services at this time. Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network 23 Contracting Office, Sioux Falls Services Team, is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers. Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are small business sources capable of providing Fire Door Inspection services for the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, 2501 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE: The scope of work includes the provision of all labor, materials, equipment, tools, supervision and quality assurance necessary to: (1) Inspect fire, smoke and other door/frame openings. (2) Label all doors/frames with a fire rated certification label at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System An Inspection Report shall be generated and provided for each door inspected. The report shall include: Building 1 and Building 5 doors shall be in separate areas of the report; Doors on each floor shall be grouped together. Contactors subject matter expert contact information Name Title Email address. Office phone. Cell phone number. Each door shall have the minimum information captured in the report: Compliant or Not Compliant summary. Each Not Compliant door: Reported immediately following the table of contents in the report. Contractor shall include a bill of materials for equipment, supplies, and components necessary to achieve a compliant door. Cut sheets shall be provided for each proposed component including make and model. Field labeling of door or frame where required to achieve compliance. Contractor estimated cost for all materials and labor to achieve a compliant door. A blank portion dedicated to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) notes. May be used to list Maximo work orders or other methods to achieve compliance. Contractor shall identify doors where replacement is recommended in lieu of repairs based on overall cost. Photo of each door. Double doors shall be photographed individually. Door Number and location. Contractor shall continue numbering sequence established by previous contractor. Door information shall be provided to the VA in sortable spreadsheet containing the following minimum information: Building Floor Room number Door number Rating Type (smoke, fire) Single or double hung Compliance status following inspection efforts Defined and annotated on an AutoCAD drawing Fire Rating Applicable codes Recommended corrections, sustainment plans, training courses, or best practices to facilitate continued compliance. The contractor shall perform and document an annual test and inspection of all smoke/fire/hazardous location doors/frame that are identified on Sioux Falls VA Health Care System s (SF) Life Safety drawings and those specifically identified by Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staff. The testing, inspection, and labeling shall be performed by the same certified party. Testing and inspection shall be performed by a certified party and conform to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 814, ASTM E 1966 and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1479, UL 2079 standards National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) 80, 99, 101 and 105, and the VA-Joint Commission Clarification Document and as well as any additional applicable codes. Testing and inspection shall be performed to the most current edition of each mentioned reference. Rated doors shall be inspected by the means of a Fire Door Gap Gauge. All fire doors shall be manually shut to observe that all mounted hardware functions as designed. SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES: Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 11:59pm Central Standard Time (CST), 06-04-2020 to: Doug Reed Contracting Officer E-mail: douglas.reed3@va.gov No phone calls please. As this is for market research purposes only at this time, the Government will not be accepting technical questions from offerors. Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall follow the exact format listed below: Company Name Address/City/State/Zip Code DUNS Number Point of Contact Name Point of Contact E-mail Address Socio-Economic Classification (Small Business or Large Business) for NAICS Code 561210 as indicated at System for Award Management (SAM) at https://beta.sam.gov: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) classification if applicable to be verified at https://www.vetbiz.va.gov. Subcontracting Considerations (please select one response): Our firm is primarily engaged in providing services and the use of a subcontractor is not needed Our firm would use subcontractors from another firm to do the services. The estimated amount to be subcontracted to other firms is ____%. As the Prime Contractor, our firm would provide (CONTRACTOR INSERT TYPE OF) services and the subcontractor would provide (CONTRACTOR INSERT TYPE OF) services. Certifications Held by Offeror relevant to Fire Door Inspections (i.e., Door and Hardware Institute, National Fire Protection Association Standard 80 Fire Door Inspection for Health Care Facilities, etc) Relevant Experience (Maximum of 3 References in Past 3 Years) to Fire Door Inspections Broken Down By: Contract/Project Number Description of Contract/Project Reference Organization Name Reference Point of Contact Name/Title Reference Point of Contact E-mail Address