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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 R Interpreter services for the Winston-Salem VARO and Ft.

Bragg VR&E.

20006 36C10E18Q0179 06-01-2018 N 541930 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration Office of Acquisition 1800 G. Street N.W.

Washington DC 20006 Heather Hampton heather.hampton@va.gov See Statement of Work THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY: This is a sources sought notice to aid in the identification of potential vendors to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Winston-Salem, NC Regional Office, American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter Services. This announcement is seeking information from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the stated requirement.

General Description:

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Winston-Salem, NC Regional Office is in need of ASL interpreter services as outlined in the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

Period of Performance

Anticipated periods of performance:

Base year: August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019 Option year 1: August 1, 2019 – July 31, 2020 Option year 2: August 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021 Option year 3: August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022 Option year 4: August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023

Applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541930 (Translation and Interpretation Services), with a Small business size standard of $7.5M.

Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information at a minimum:

(1) Company name, address, DUNS Number, and point of contact with phone number, and e-mail address;

(2) Type of business (i.e. Large Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Small Business (SB), etc.) under NAICS 541930, which contains a size standard of $7.5M;

(3) Detailed information showing the specifics of the proposed services to meet the requirements of the VBA. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED.

(4) GSA Contract Number (if applicable)

(5) A positive statement of your firm’s intent to submit a proposal in response to a solicitation for this project.

The response date to this Sources Sought notice is June 1, 2018, at 3:00 PM EST. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. Electronic submissions are required via email to heather.hampton@va.gov.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SDVOSB, VOSB, OR SMALL BUSINESSES, OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

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- All potential firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov) in order to be considered.

- SDVOSBs and VOSBs must be registered in VETBIZ (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/) in order to receive recognition as veteran owned.

- Small businesses must be registered in SBA-Dynamic Small Business (http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm) to receive recognition as small business.

**See attached document: Draft SOW for Sources Sought.