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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

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NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 23

4801 VETERANS DRIVE

SAINT CLOUD MN 56303

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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY

The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to procure Medical Gases and Cylinders for the Saint Cloud and Black Hills VA Healthcare System. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether-or-not sources are capable of providing the requested supply/services. You also must be an Authorized Distributor for the manufacturer of the product if not the manufacturer.

This notice also allows potential contractors/vendors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. Please review the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) to compare your supply/service to what is requested. Complete the line-items below and submit any documentation supporting your product/service for consideration. Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO 23) is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 325120. The Small Business Administration (SBA) Size Standard for this request is 1,200 Employees.

This Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification(s) (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SD/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 325120. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors are requested to respond to this notice but are required to respond to the official solicitation announcement in order to be awarded the contract.

INSTRUCTIONS:

RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

• Primary Information:

· Company Name:

· Point of Contact (POC) name:

· Email address:

· Phone number:

· Unique Entity ID No. listed in the System of Awards Management (SAM):

· Business Size: (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Small Business Other, Small Business, or Large Business) for the NAICS code 541519.

The attached SOW is a draft and is NOT finalized. If any portions are unclear, prohibited, and/or you are unsure about the draft description of the requirement please list your comments and/or concerns in your response so they can be addressed.

Response is due by 08/14/2026, at 0800 Central Standard Time. Please submit e-mail responses to Mr. Emanuel Nevarez, Contract Officer, at email address: Emanuel.nevarez@va.gov. Please place “Medical Gases and Cylinders – STC / BH” in the subject line of your email. This notice is to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in determining qualified sources only.

NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these supplies and/or services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exists at this time; however, in the event the acquisition strategy demonstrates that GSA is a viable option for procuring a solution, the RFQ shall be posted to GSA eBuy where only those firms who currently hold a GSA Schedule with the applicable SIN will be able to respond. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking quotes nor accepting unsolicited quotes, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought notice.

See attached document: SOW - Medical Gases - VISN 23 Contract v2.

Sources Sought Notice