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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 S Dumpster Service for Construction Waste - KC 66048 36C25519Q0063 11-13-2018 N 562111 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth KS 66048 daniel.thomas6@va.gov Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Blvd Kansas City 64128 daniel.thomas6@va.gov This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.

The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.

Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.

The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to provide services for a 3-year professional testing and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment for the Wichita VA Medical Center.

Department of Veterans Affairs Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Blvd Kansas City, MO 64128

The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS Code) is 562111 Solid Waste Collection, size standard $38.5 Million. Based on this information, please indicate whether your company would be a Large or Small Business and have a socio-economic designation as a small business, VOSB or SDVOSB.

Important information: The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act.

However, if response by Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open will be considered. Any response to this source selection from interested parties must be received NLT November 13, 2018 at 12:00 P.M. CST.

Attention: Daniel Thomas, Contracting Specialist. Email: Daniel.Thomas6@va.gov Phone: 913-946-1965 Fax: 913-946-1996

DRAFT Statement of Work East Renovation Trash Service

1. Requirement: This is a service purchase. The requirement is to provide one 40 cubic yard waste container for construction debris and one 20 cubic yard dumpster for recycled materials. The 40 cubic yard container must be picked up daily during the work week(M-F) for the first 90 calendar days. The 20 cubic yard container must be picked up Monday, Wednesday, Friday for the first 90 calendar day. Both dumpsters will be call in after the first 90 days. Location of the dumpster on the VA Medical Center campus TBD.

2. Background: The in-house construction crew will be renovating the east wing of the 9th floor of the main building during the time frame of 1 January 2019 through 31 December 2020 (est.)

3. Services to be provided by the Contractor:

a. Contractor shall provide all waste containers. Contractor provided containers shall be of commercial quality used regularly at other similar construction activities in the community. Quality and type of contractor provided containers will be subject to the approval of the Contracting Officer.

b. Contractor shall provide all transportation of refuse form the VA Medical Center to approved landfills. Contractor shall maintain licenses and/or permits required by federal, state and local laws/regulations.

c. Contractor provided container shall come in either 20 or 40 cubic yard sizes unless agreed upon by the COR and Contractor and approved by the Contracting Officer.

d. All contractor provided containers shall be cleaned and sanitized prior to placement at the VAMC. The contractor shall immediately exchange contractor provided containers at no cost to the VAMC due to containers being placed into service which are dirty or foul smelling.

e. Contractor shall provide additional dumps of containers upon request of the Contracting Officer or COR. The cost per additional dump shall be the same as the regularly scheduled dumps. Response time shall be within 8 hours after notification.

f. All residual waste from container spillage cause by the contractor shall be picked up by the contractor prior to leaving the area. The area shall be left “broom clean”.

g. Broken or damaged containers shall be replaced within two (2) hours of notification.

4. Other Terms and Conditions

a. Pick-up Hours: All container dumps shall be accomplished during the hours of 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM (holidays not included); however, special dumps may be requested by the VA on any day of the week at any hour.

b. Replacement containers: Contractor must furnish empty containers to be left at the time of each dump for both containers.

c. Contractor shall provide report of each container containing dates when dumped and weights for each dumpster with the monthly invoices.

d. The contractor shall credit the VAMC with all proceeds obtained from Recycling Center(s) within 45 days of dump. The proceeds shall also be reflected in the original statement(s) from the Recycling Center(s), which must include items recycled, date of dump, weight of dump and the selling price of the item.

e. Contractor must be prepared to commence work no later than 15 calendar days after notification from COR.

f. Billing periods will be monthly. Contractor shall submit a monthly itemized invoice in arrears. Invoice shall clearly show the dates of service, the containers dumped, and any credit received for recycled products. Invoices must be submitted to http://www.fsc.va.gov.einvoice.asp

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