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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

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

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Monique Cordero monique.cordero@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center

(GRECC)

508 Fulton Street

Durham NC

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

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DESCRIPTION

This is for market research purposes and not for solicitation.

This is a Sources Sought Notice intended for market research purposes. If based upon the market research information the Government deems a solicitation is necessary a solicitation action will be posted in Contract opportunities on www.SAM.gov.

This Sources Sought Notice is for preventative maintenance services for all centrifuges and other instruments at the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) located at 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705-3875. These systems are used for testing at the GRECC lab. The Contractor will need to perform preventative maintenance services bi-annually to include cleaning instruments, calibrating them and performing test runs to ensure that the equipment runs at maximum capacity.

All responses to this notice will be reviewed, regardless of small business/socioeconomic category, including those firms that are identified as large business. Small business requirements for market research purposes must be registered as a small business in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Search (SBS) at https://search.certifications.sba.gov/. 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 (SDVOSBs) and/or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) firms registered in the SBA Dynamic Small Business Search (SBA, DSBS) database; https://dsbs.sba.gov, in accordance with priorities set by regulation.

NAICS code for this requirement is 811210, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. Interested companies can respond, via email to Monique.Cordero@va.gov with the following information; (a) company point of Contact, including name, title, phone number, and email address, (b) Company name, SAM UEI number, small business/socioeconomic status of company, and address of the applicable office, (c) any relevant certifications and/or licenses to perform these services, (d) capabilities statement, and any additional information may be requested by the Contracting officer at a later time. The Point of Contract is Monique Cordero, Contract Specialist, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at Monique.Cordero@va.gov. Dur Dates for Responses: This notice closes Friday June12,2026, at 10:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST).

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY: A potential source for the purpose of this notice is considered to be any company meeting the following requirements. Some of the requirements below may be modified prior to the release of any solicitation. The potential source is registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM) database at https://www.sm.gov. The potential source is registered with the Small Business Administration, Dynamic Small Business Search (SBA, DSBS) at https://dsbs.sba.gov. The potential source has favorable (satisfactory) past performance information for federal contracts, if applicable, as documented in the Contractor Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) or Government databases, including the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Retrieval System (FAPIIS), and Past Performance information Retrieval System (PPIRS), where applicable.

Sources Sought Notice