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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

NCO 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 204 Murfreesboro TN 37129

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist George Cochran george.cochran@va.gov 615-225-5631

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

The requirement will be sole sourced to Ability One group will provide laundry services at the Louisville VAMC. An ability one group and the only source as this procurement is an ability one set a-side only. The vendor has proprietary status that is not offered or authorized to third party vendors. This contract also requires all operators to be part of the Ability one program.

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 and 13.106-1(b) (2), “soliciting from a single source.” The NAICS code is 812320 and has a size standard of $8M for this procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotations no later than 1:00p.m. CST, February 20, 2024 to: geworge.cochran@va.gov. Responses received will be evaluated; however, any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s.)

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