36C25625Q0643.pdf

Sources Sought Notice

*= Required Field Sources Sought Notice

SUBJECT* 70 Ton Chiller Replacement

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 72703

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C25625Q0643

RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 03-24-2025 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME,

CHICAGO, USA

ARCHIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

SET-ASIDE

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 4120

NAICS CODE* 333415

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration

Network Contracting Office 16

715 S. Pear Orchard Rd

Fayetteville AR 72703

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist

Surella Tracy surella.tracy@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs

Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center

2200 Fort Roots Drive

North Little Rock Arkansas AR

POSTAL CODE 72114

COUNTRY USA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS surella.tracy@va.gov

EMAIL DESCRIPTION Contract Specialist

DESCRIPTION

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation for bids, proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for market research to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform or provide a potential requirement. The responses received from interested vendor will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) is seeking to identify potential qualified vendors capable of providing brand name or equal item listed in the attached Statement of Work (Draft):

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This requirement is for the Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center in North Little Rock, AR.

The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 333415 (Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing), and PSC code 4120 (Air Condition Equipment), with a size standard of 1,250 employees.

The attached Statement of Work (DRAFT) provides details of the services to be provided.

REQUESTED RESPONSES:

All responsible vendors and interested parties please respond to this source sought announcement if you can fulfill the requirements. Responses to this source sought shall include the following information:

1. Your company name, address, contact person name, phone number, fax number, e-mail address(s), UEI number, number of employees, and company website if available.

2. If you are an GSA/FSS contract holder are the referenced items available on your schedule/contract? Provide your company GSA/FSS contract number and contract expiration date, if applicable.

3. Is your company a contract holder on any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract number.

4. Socio-economic status of business such as but not limited to (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) SDVOSB/VOSB, 8(a), HUB Zone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUB Zone business, Large Business, etc.).

5. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified in this source sought announcement?

6. Is your company the manufacturer, distributor, or an equivalent for the products being offered? If an authorized distributor or equivalent, can you provide documentation from the manufacturer confirming authorization to provide the referenced items and/or products being offered?

If not, can you provide additional information shown below. This is to confirm compliance with the non-manufacturer rule in accordance with Title 13 CFR 121.406(b) Nonmanufacturers.

• Does your company exceed 500 employees?

• Is your company primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item being supplied?

• Does your company take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; and

• Will supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such requirement pursuant to Title 13 CFR

121.406 paragraph (b)(5).

7. If your company is a large business, do you have any designated distributors? If so, please provide their company name, telephone, point of contact and size status (if available).

8. What is the manufacturing country of origin of the items and/or products being offered?

10. Delivery Timeframe – The Government would like to know the standard delivery time frame for a requirement like this.

11. Provide warranty information for the items and/or products being requested?

12. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses.

The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g., if Contracting Officer determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside).

Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer.

CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE:

Email the above information to surella.tracy@va.gov.

Any questions should be addressed to the Contract Specialist, in writing, at the email address provided above. Because this is a sources sought announcement only, answers to questions will not be posted. The deadline for submission of information is 10:00 AM CST, Monday, March 24, 2025.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY, WHICH MAY OR

MAY NOT LEAD TO A FUTURE SOLICITATION. This announcement is issued solely for market research purposes.

mailto:surella.tracy@va.gov

All information received in response to this announcement should be nonproprietary in nature, as it will NOT be protected. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this announcement.

See attached document: Attachment 1 - Statement of Work Draft.