36C24623Q0098.docx

SUBJECT*

RO Maintenance Contract (VA-23-00010174)

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Rongerlar Kelly rongerlar.kelly@va.gov 757-251-5697

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

2300 Ramsey Street

Fayetteville NC

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

DESCRIPTION

Sources Sought Notice

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6)

Sources Sought 36C24623Q0098

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Additionally, the Government reserves the right to revise the Performance Work Statement and other contract requirements, before the release of any associated solicitation. This notice is not a Request for Proposals (RFP). Information provided in this notice is subject to change prior to release of a solicitation.

OVERVIEW

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6 is conducting market research to identify potential sources for preventive maintenance services supporting the Fayetteville Health Care Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and surrounding locations. See attached draft Performance Work Statement and below scope of work. Forward all questions to the Contracting Officer identified below.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Fayetteville Health Care Center at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Fayetteville N.C (FVACHCS), including HCCs and CBOC provides diagnostic and therapeutic services in medicine, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and skilled nursing home care. The contractor shall furnish twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, to include Federal holidays, ambulance service for the veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the following four (4) locations: (1.) W. G. (Bill) Hefner Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC); 1601 Brenner Avenue, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144, (2.) Kernersville Health Care Center (HCC); 1695 Kernersville Medical Parkway, Kernersville, NC 27284, (3.) South Charlotte Veterans Health Care Center (HCC); 3506 W Tyvola Road, Charlotte, NC 28208, (4.) Charlotte-VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic-(CBOC); 8601 University East Drive, Charlotte, NC 28213

All services conducted in North Carolina must be in compliance with the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services standards. All (FVACHCS) Fayetteville required services conducted in North Carolina must be in compliance with the rules and regulations required of firms, corporations, agencies, organizations, or associations providing emergency medical services within the State of North Carolina.

SMALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

For market research purposes, all responses to this notice will be reviewed, regardless of small business/socioeconomic category, including those firms that are identified as large businesses. Review of responses to this notice will support later determination of set-aside requirements, if a solicitation becomes available, where the rule of two is met regarding a set-aside, including set-asides under 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128 for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and/or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) firms registered in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database, in accordance with priorities set by regulation.

NAICS CODE: 811211, Consumer Electronics Repair and Maintenance

PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): JO46, Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment – Water Purification and Sewage Treatment Equipment

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING:

Interested companies can respond, via email, to rongerlar.kelly@va.gov, with the following information:

(1.) Company Point of Contact, including name, title, phone number and email address.

(2.) Company name, DUNS number, small business/socioeconomic status of the company, and address of the applicable office.

(3.) Accord Certification of Insurance

Additional information may be requested by the Contracting Officer at a later time.

POINT OF CONTACT:

Rongerlar Kelly Contract Specialist Services Team 3 Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6 Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tel: 757-251-5697 rongerlar.kelly@va.gov

DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES:

This notice will close on Friday October 28, 2022, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY

A potential source, for the purposes of this notice, is considered to be any company meeting the following requirements. Some of the below requirements may be modified prior to release of any solicitation.

1. The potential source does not merely subcontract the ambulance services and acts solely as prime contractor to provide all services directly to its customers and/or the Veterans Health Administration. The potential source holds all licenses/certifications and insurance required by the State of North Carolina. The potential source directly owns and controls all equipment, facilities, management, financial means, and other items necessary to directly perform the required services.

2. The potential source is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov, as whichever entity/office that would receive award in the event of a solicitation.

3. The potential source is registered in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database at http://www.va.gov/osdbu, if applicable. (This is only applicable to firms meeting Small Business Administration (SBA) and VA requirements for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) programs.)

4. The potential source has completed submission of the current cycle, for calendar year 2017, VETS-4212 Report at http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm (Only applicable where the potential source has held federal contracts in the amount of $150,000.00 or more, performed during the current cycle).

5. The potential source has favorable (satisfactory) past performance information for federal contracts, as documented in Government databases, including the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) and Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), where applicable. Where performance ratings less than satisfactory have been identified, the circumstances of those ratings may be requested during discussions, or the offeror may be eliminated from the competition.