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NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

Contract Officer 4801 Veterans Drive St. Cloud MN 56303

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Sources Sought – Testing, Troubleshooting and Repair of Fire Safety System at the Saint Cloud VA Health Care System

NAICS Code: 561621 Sources Sought Number: 36C26320Q0584 Notice Type: Sources Sought

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only; it is not a request for quotations or offers.

52.215-3 -- Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: conducting market research to identify potential sources for a potential procurement of Testing, Troubleshooting and Repair of Fire Safety System as indicated below at the Saint Cloud VA Health Care System located at 4801 Veterans Drive, Saint Cloud, MN 56303.

· See attached item specifications This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this sources sought notice. Information should be forwarded to the Contract Specialist. Any questions should be addressed to the Contract Specialist, in writing, at the email address provided. Because this is a request for information only, answers to questions will not be posted. If your organization has the capability to provide these supplies/services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to Traci Johannes, Contract Specialist, Network 23 Contracting Office (NCO23), 4801 Veterans Drive St. Cloud, MN 56303 or via e-mail at traci.johannes@va.gov.

Please address the following in your responses:

1. Point of contact, DUNS Number, complete mailing address, telephone number, and email address for your company/entity.

2. Socioeconomic status of your company/entity.

3. If applicable - GSA/FSS/ECAT/NASA SEWP contract number that these products or services are available under.

4. Product information/specifications of the systems that you can provide that meet the requirements of the DRAFT Specification-Statement of Work.

5. Proof of Authorized Distributorship for any product that is not manufactured by your company/entity. **Please note that the government will not accept any gray market items.

6. Manufacture Information of the product that your company/entity can provide to include: Manufacturer Name, Address, and DUNS Number.

DISCLAIMER

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), 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 RFI.

The deadline for this information is 4:30 PM Central Time on, Friday, June 3rd, 2022.

Statement of Work

The St. Cloud VA’s life safety system (fire alarm) is not functioning per manufacturers design. There are components of the system not functioning (i.e., Horns activate while strobes do not in building x, in building y strobes activate while horns do not). The Edwards Fire Safety panel does not indicate any trouble alarms.

*VENDOR MUST BE AN AUTHORIZED SERVICER OF EDWARD FIRE SAFETY (manufacturer of system) AND SHOW PROOF OF THAT **Because of the unknown scope or severity of issues with the system; it is imperative to base this scope on a “Not To Exceed” (NTE) cost using 80 labor hours and $5,000 material allowance.

· Covid precautions required and provided by VA (face mask & shield)

· Business hours Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm excluding Federal Holidays

· Parking provided in contractor out lot

· No staging or material/tool storage available

· Onsite work to be coordinated thru Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

· A VA St. Cloud Contractor badge shall be worn by all Contractor employees while on premises.

· Contractor badges are issued in B-3, second floor, Facilities Maintenance and Operations Office.

· Contractor is responsible to provide all the labor, tools, parts, and equipment to provide the following services at the St Cloud VA Healthcare System, 4801 Veterans Drive, St Cloud, MN 56303.

Programing (SDU) Audit:

5. Vendor to utilize available historic data derived from January 2022 on-site testing.

Device/Conductors (Deduct Alternate):

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