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Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice J065 Preventive and Corrective Service for Livanova Heart-Lung Systems at the VASDHS.

90815 36C26220Q1399 08-31-2020 10:00

PACIFIC TIME, LOS ANGELES, USA

N 811219 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 22 4811 Airport Plaza Drive Suite 600 Long Beach CA 90815 Soledad De La Torre, Contract Specialist soledad.delatorre@va.gov 562-766-2278 Department of Veterans Affairs VA San Diego Healthcare Systems 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego CA 92161

USA

J - - Preventive and Corrective Service for Livanova Heart-Lung Systems at the VASDHS THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) – SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION.

1. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Business Capability, including Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB) interested and capable of performing the work.

2. The NAICS for this requirement is:

0. NAICS Code: 811219 – Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

3. Description of Requirement: Preventive and Corrective Maintenance for Livanova Heart-Lung Systems Government Owned equipment located at the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) located at 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161.

4. Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice not later than Monday, August 31, 2020 10:00AM PST by providing the following via email only to Soledad De La Torre, Contract Specialist, at Soledad.Delatorre@va.gov.

(a) company name

(b) address

(c) point of contact

(d) phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact

(e) DUNS number

(f) Type of small business, if applicable, (e.g. Services-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-owned small business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business).

(g) A capability statement that addresses the organization’s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor specifically for the work described in paragraph 5 below. Respondents are also encouraged to provide specific examples (e.g. contract number, point of contact information) of the Contractor’s experience providing the same or similar supplies/services to that described in paragraph 5 below.

5. SDVOSB/VOSB respondents.

(a) If respondent is VOSB or SDVOSB, respondent is encouraged to provide proof of www.vetbiz.gov certification. In addition, SDVOSB/VOSB Contractors are asked to acknowledge that they understand the limitations on sub-contracting pursuant to FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Sub-Contracting, which will be included in the impending solicitation. Further SDVOSB/VOSB contractors are asked to respond that they are capable of providing the requested services keeping within the parameters of this clause.

(b) Small businesses, including SDVOSB/VOSBS are also advised that per 13 CFR, § 125.6 the prime contractor's limitations on subcontracting are as follows:

6. Please note that if VA’s pending market research establishes that two or more VOSB or SDVOSB, who are certified in VA’s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) site https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/, can provide the services, VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. §8127.

7. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications.