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Network Contracting Office 22 4811 Airport Plaza Drive Suite 600 Long Beach CA 90815

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Ositadima Ndubizu ositadima.ndubizu@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

11301 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles CA

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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Responses to this sources sought notice must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System located at 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073 is seeking a contractor to provide compliance service for Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) development and Storm Water MS4 Phase 2 permit. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates sewer system management plan and Storm Water MS4 permits large facilities like the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center. EPA delegates this oversight to California State Water Board which monitors sewer and stormwater lines under the SMARTS database. EPA defines stormwater as the runoff generated when precipitation flows over land or impervious surfaces without peculating through the ground and is administered through (NPDES)National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits.

Sewer System Management Plans (SSMPs) the Online California Integrated Water Quality System (CIWQS) Sanitary Sewer System Database is required for facilities with large sewer networks under CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WATER QUALITY SYSTEM (CIWQS).

This contract will cover the following:

• Storm Water MS4 Phase 2 Plan update

• Storm Water SMARTS database construction support.

• Sewer System Management Plans (SSMP) development and submittal.

The contractor must provide the following tasks:

Contractor shall provide all means, methods, equipment, expertise, incidentals, labor, materials, supervision, supplies, transportation, and qualified personnel including California Professional Engineer or environmental professionals with current Certified QSP & QSD credentials accepted by California State Water Resources Control Board

· Storm Water MS4 Phase 2 update and Storm Water SMARTS database construction support will be developed by environmental professionals with current QSP and/or QSD credentials.

· Development of Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP). Develop a plan for VA West Los Angeles Medical Center

If you are interested and are capable of providing the required service(s) please provide the following information.

(1) Company Name, Address, Point of Contact

(2) Size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.

(3) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 541620?

(4) Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number.

(5) If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract?

(6) Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes.

(7) Please submit a capability statement that addresses qualifications and verifies ability to perform work described above.

The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought announcement. 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. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. However, if there are insufficient Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business responses, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541620 ($19 Million).

Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Ositadima.ndubizu@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 06/11/2021 10:00 AM PST.

After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, a solicitation may be published on the FedBizOpps or GSA eBuy websites. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation. All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. Prospective bidders must be authorized re-sellers in order to participate in the solicitation process.

Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at www.vip.vetbiz.gov

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