RFI - HCHV CRS Transitional Housing and Supportive Services - VALLHS.pdf

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) – SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED

SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES

NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION

For: Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Contract Residential Services (CRS) Transitional Housing and Supportive Services – Veterans Affairs Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHS)

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. After review of the responses to this sources sought, a solicitation announcement may be published on Contract Opportunities in SAM.gov. Responses to this sources sought are not considered adequate responses to an impending solicitation posted to SAM.Gov. All interested offerors will need to respond to that solicitation.

2. The NAICS for this requirement is 623220 – Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities.

3. Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice not later than 11:00AM PST, 11/27/2026, via email only to Jesus Vargas at jesus.vargas@va.gov

Please provide the following:

(a) company name

(b) address

(c) point of contact

(d) phone and email of primary point of contact

(e) UEI 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 the attached DRAFT excerpt of the Statement of Work (SOW). 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 services to that described in the attached

DRAFT SOW.

https://sam.gov/ mailto:jesus.vargas@va.gov

(h) Respondents are also requested to include an informal price schedule identifying a proposed per diem rate per bed. This informal price schedule is not binding but will assist the Government with its market research. Please include the price schedule for the base per diem rate and 4 option years.

4. 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:

1) General. In order to be awarded a full or partial small business set-aside contract with a value greater than $150,000, an 8(a) contract, an SDVOSB contract, a HUBZone contract, a WOSB or EDWOSB contract pursuant to part 127 of this chapter, a small business concern must agree that:

2) In the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.

5. Required Services. The intent of this contract is for 20 beds HCHV CRS Transitional Housing and Supportive Services for VALLHS.

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.

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DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK

See attached Statement of Work (SOW) - HCHV CRS Transitional Housing and Supportive Services - VALLHS