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This is a Sources Sought Notice issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct market research for food service staffing at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Illinois. The VA seeks qualified contractors to provide four (4) cooks and eight (8) food service workers, along with all necessary managerial, supervisory, administrative, and overhead personnel. The contractor must supply all personnel, equipment, supplies, and transportation required to perform cook and food service operations. The contract period is one base year (March 11, 2027 – February 29, 2028) plus four option years. The NAICS code is 561210, and the Product Service Code is S203.
Responses to this market research notice must be submitted by email to eileen.meyer@va.gov by 10:00 AM Central Time on November 6, 2026. Interested parties should provide organizational information including name, address, contact details, website, telephone number, and ownership structure, along with tailored capability statements demonstrating organizational and staff qualifications. If subcontracting or teaming is contemplated, respondents must describe the administrative and management structure. This is voluntary market research with no solicitation currently active; the government assumes no financial responsibility for response costs. Based on responses received, the VA may set-aside this requirement for small businesses, sole source the contract, or conduct full and open competition. No feedback or evaluation information will be provided to respondents.
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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Base YR (03/11/2027-02/29/2028) + 4 OYs Food and Nutrition Staff |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 53214-1476 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C25227Q0077 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 11-06-2026 10:00 CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
SET-ASIDE
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| S203 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 561210 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
36C252 115 South 84th Street, Suite 101
Milwaukee WI 53214-1476
POINT OF CONTACT*
Eileen Meyer eileen.meyer@va.gov
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DESCRIPTION
The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement for four (4) qualified cooks and eight (8) food service workers at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, IL. The Contractor shall furnish managerial, supervisory, administrative, direct and overhead personnel necessary to perform the work to include all personnel, equipment, supplies, and transportation to perform cook/food services.
The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 561210.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.
BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00 AM Local (Central) Time on November 6, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to eileen.meyer@va.gov.
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