36C26023Q0005.docx

Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

ATTN: V4CONT

1601 E. Fourth Plain Blvd Bldg.17, Suite B428 Vancouver WA 98661

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Specialist Nick Price Nicholas.Price@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Boise VA health care system

500 W Fort St

Boise Idaho

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 20 (NCO 20) is conducting a market survey/sources sought notification and is seeking potential sources for GUEST WIFI AT THE BOISE VAMC This Sources Sought Notice is issued for information and planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation or a request for proposal and shall not be construed as an obligation or commitment by the Government. An award will not be made on any offers submitted in response to this notice, and it shall not be implied the Government is committed to providing any solicitation or award following this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided.

10/4/2022 SUBJECT: 36C26023Q0005 at 17:30 PST This notice is intended strictly for market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified sources of supply and determine the socioeconomic size classification of the supplier and manufacturer of the end item.

1. Please email Nick Price at Nicholas.Price@va.gov subject RFI: 36C26023Q0005

Interested companies shall provide, at a minimum, the following information with their response.

1. Company Name and Address:

1. Point of Contact (POC)

1. Name:

1. Email Address:

1. Phone Number:

1. UNIQUE SAM ID

1. Brochures of their offered equipment or services.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is TBD Mark if your firm is eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs. If so, please indicate the program:

[ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business (SB) [ ] yes [ ] no - HUBZone [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business 8(a) [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Women-Owned (WO) Small Business [ ] yes [ ] no - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Large Business [ ] yes [ ] no - Other (please specify)

Please answer the following questions:

[ ] yes [ ] no – Verified active SAM registration

[ ] yes [ ] no – Is primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item being supplied;

[ ] yes [ ] no – Takes ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice (identify how this occurs); and

[ ] yes [ ] no – 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 paragraph (b)(5) CFR 121.406.

Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.

In addition to providing the information requested above, responding companies are encouraged to include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, past experience etc.) to confirm the company’s ability to meet the requirements outlined in this request.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. 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.

STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS

. Contract Title.

Boise VAMC Guest Wifi

3. Background.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Boise VA Medical Center (BVMAC) requires contractors to provide and install Guest WIFI equipment and services.

4. Scope.

4.1 Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, materials, and equipment to install wireless internet equipment and provide a High Speed hard lined cable internet service (Satellite or DSL will not be considered an acceptable substitute) in common areas of the Boise VA Hospital; common areas include hallways corridors, waiting rooms, patient rooms, and rest areas. These areas are buildings 120, 121, 122, T-111, 43, 8, 45, 23, 123, 67 Ground Floor, 85a, 77, 85, 124, 27, 67, 117, and 88. All common areas shall receive uninterrupted wireless internet signal that will allow reliable access for surfing and streaming the internet.

4.2 The wireless internet system shall stand alone and not connect to existing VA servers or equipment. All installed equipment and data wiring shall be provided by the contractor for a fully operational wireless internet system. All wireless internet equipment installed shall comply with VA 6500/6550 security requirements. Equipment to be installed shall consist of 118 Indoor range expanders, 2 CIDR Block of 64, and BAN Width up to 300 MBPS downloads /30 MBPS uploads.

4.3 All installed equipment will be leased by the Boise VA. Contractor will own the equipment. Data wiring shall remain in place and become the property of the Government. All cabling shall be installed in accordance with the most current EIA/TIA standards published for Commercial Buildings such as EIA/TIA – 569, 568, 60

4.4 The contractor is required to provide onsite local repair, maintenance and Tech services for all equipment and data wiring. When equipment fails or is broken the contractor will repair or replace equipment at no additional charge to the Government. Contractor will provide a 24hr/365 day a year call center to receive and record reported outages of equipment or internet service. The contractor’s service center will dispatch a service person to the Boise VA Hospital site within 2 hours of reported outages for repairs. These service call repairs will be at no additional cost to the Government. Contractor will keep a record of all service calls on a service report in order to maintain a service history. Contractor staff visiting the Boise VAMC campus will report to Contracting Officer Representative or VA Police upon entering VA grounds to obtain a visitors badge if they do not have a VA badge.

4.5 Contractor will implement advisory banners, security solutions, and logging for all VA-provided, public Internet access. For domiciliary settings, implement user agreements, advisory banners, access controls including user name and password, and logging for all VA-provided, public Internet access. Contractor will utilize a content filtering solution for monitoring on all VA-provided public Internet access. Contractor will log files and maintain those log files for a one-year period.

4.6 Contractor will provide 1 monthly combined bill that will include the cost of equipment repair service, service calls, lease of equipment and High Speed cabled internet service. The C&A requirements do not apply, and that a Security Accreditation Package is not required.

5. Place of Performance Boise VA Medical Center (BVMAC), 500 West Fort Street, Boise, Idaho 83702

6. Performance Monitoring: Performance will be monitored by periodic inspections and observation of work. Work will be observed by the CO’s POC, or designee, during performance of scheduled maintenance service and inspections and/or during repair service. Equipment operators will be contacted to report on contractor performance when CO’s POC, or designee, is not available.

7. Security Requirements: The C&A requirements do not apply; a security accreditation package is not required.

8. Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government-Furnished Information (GFI).

No Government supplied Equipment or Information is required or anticipated.

9. Other Pertinent Information or Special Considerations. Only OEM Software and Copyrighted materials are acceptable. Only Manufacturer Trained Service Engineers/Technicians or Manufacturer Authorized Service Engineers/Technicians will perform services and repairs, when required.

a. Identification of Possible Follow-on Work. No Follow-on work is anticipated.

b. Identification of Potential Conflicts of Interest (COI). No Known COI

c. Identification of Non-Disclosure Requirements. Contractor will have NO access to Sensitive or Proprietary Information while on site and NO Remote Access to the VA Network.

d. Packaging, Packing and Shipping Instructions. N/A

e. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria. CO’s POC, or designee, will verify that the unit is working within Manufacture’s specifications after completion of service or repair.

10. Risk Control. The Contractor shall obtain all necessary licenses and/or permits required to perform this work. Contractor shall take all precautions necessary to protect persons and property from injury or damage during the performance of this contract. Contractor shall be responsible for any injury to any contractor representative, or others, as well as for any damage to personal or public property that occurs during the performance of this contract that is caused by the contractor’s fault or negligence.

The Contractor will not discuss any patient issues that were observed during the course of the work. The Contract will comply with VA requirements for VA Sensitive Information and VA Privacy Issues while performing any work on site. The vendor must comply with all the requirements of Network Security, VA Sensitive Information and VA Privacy requirements.

11. Period of Performance. Base year Tenativley 1/31/23 to 1/30/2024 with four (4) option years.

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