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SUBJECT*

Mental Health Research Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

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

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Daniel Spaulding daniel.spaulding@va.gov 757-722-9961 x17592

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Durham VA Medical Center

508 Fulton Street

Durham NC

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

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Sources Sought Notice

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6)

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Mental Health Research Services Durham VA Medical Center (Durham, NC)

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 Mental Health Research services supporting the Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705. The attached Performance Work Statement is a draft document and is subject to change prior to release of a solicitation.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, parts, and supervision to Mental Health Research Services in support of the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705.

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 Small Business Administration’s Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) Engine database, in accordance with priorities set by regulation.

NAICS CODE: 541990, ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

SBA SIZE STANDARD: $19.5m annual revenue

PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): AN41, HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE - OTHER; BASIC RESEARCH

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING:

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

(1.) A summary of relevant experience in providing the same or similar services.

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

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

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

POINT OF CONTACT:

Daniel Spaulding Contracting Officer Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs daniel.spaulding@va.gov

DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES:

This notice will close on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 05:30PM 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 services and acts 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 Small Business Administration’s Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) Engine database at https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm, 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 Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), where applicable.

See attached document: DRAFT SOW UNC HPDP Qual FY25 - DS markup 20250715.