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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 23

316 ROBERT STREET N, SUITE 506

SAINT PAUL MN 55101

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Alisha Milander Alisha.Milander@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

MINNEAPOLIS VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

MINNEAPOLIS VA MEDICAL CENTER

ONE VETERANS DRIVE

MINNEAPOLIS MN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

The Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, is conducting market research in accordance with FAR 17.207 Exercise of Options for Guest Wireless Internet Services as described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the services listed in the Preliminary Statement of Work below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 561710, Exterminating and Pest Control Services, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of $17.5 Million.

If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability and answers to all questions to: Alisha.Milander@va.gov on or before Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time.

Please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond accurately to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. Failure to respond to the questions at all, or not respond to select individual questions, will result in your response being determined as non-responsive.

ITEM INFORMATION

Pest Control Services (Regularly Occurring and Emergency) Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 12-01-2026 POP End: 11-30-2027 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 561710 - Exterminating and Pest Control Services PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: R499 - Support - Professional: Other

*If applicable, VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting—Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Veteran Owned Small-Businesses or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small-Businesses.*

*If applicable, FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.*

DISCLAIMER

This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought 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 Sources Sought.

The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

Preliminary Statement of Work

DESCRIPTION

The Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System (MVAHCS) has a continued need for Integrated Pest Management Services (IPMS) that are a part of a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. IPM is a process for achieving long term, environmentally sound pest suppression through the use of a wide variety of technological and management practices. Control strategies in an IPM program extend beyond the application of pesticides to include structural and procedural modifications that reduce the food, water, harborage, and access used by pest. Contractor provided IPMS will be utilized as stated within this Statement of Work. IPMS will be utilized in all grounds and buildings herein the MVAHCS.

Integrated Pest Management Services: (IPMS) REQUIREMENTS

1. The Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to accomplish the surveillance, trapping, treatment, pesticide application, and pest removal components of the IPM program. The Contractor shall provide detailed, site-specific recommendations for structural and procedural modifications to aid in pest prevention.

2. The Contractor must meet the performance expectations of the client in eradicating and suppressing the following pests:

a. Indoor population of rats, mice, wasps, cockroaches, ants, flies, spiders, and any other arthropod or common pest including bed bugs.

b. Pests that are located outside of the specified buildings, but within the property boundaries of the buildings including: raccoons, snakes, woodchucks, turkeys, bees and bee hives, birds etc.

3. Contractor must eradicate bed bug infestations by means of convection heat treatment method. No chemicals will be used to treat bed bugs within the Medical Center.

a. Must be able to furnish and operate heat unit(s) and fan(s) equipment to raise room temperature above 120 degree Fahrenheit and hold temperatures at that rate for minimum of five hours.

b. Must be able to provide same day heat treatment within four (4) hours of notification of positive bed bug sighting. Notification will be given during normal business hours 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Monday – Friday.

c. Must be able to treat a minimum of 2,000 sq. ft. in same day service.

d. Provide monthly bed bug inspections via trained K9 to smell bed bugs, to routine areas of concern such as building #10, #73, 1P and any other identified areas of concern by the COR.

4. Must be able to provide same day emergency pest control services within four (4) hours of notification by telephone or email. Notification will be given during normal business hours 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Monday – Friday. Same day treatment includes:

a. Bed bug inspection by Pest Technician and company owned K-9

b. Other pest emergencies as identified by COR

5. Provide pigeon reduction/trapping services for Building #70 (Main building)

6. Install/Furnish a minimum of eighteen Insect Light Traps (ITL) in locations denoted in Attachment A. Light trapping equipment must be offered in different sizes for different applications. All ITL must have COR approval before hanging.

a. “Large” Dimensions: 53 1/8” x 13 1/8” x 5 5/8” or Equal

b. “Medium” Dimensions: 28” x 10 ½” x 5 ¾” or Equal

c. “Small” Dimensions 24 ½” x 9 ½”. Depth 6 1/8” to 1 5/8” of Equal.

7. Contractor Provided Pest Sighting Log Book, to have items serviced at each date of service. Log book will be kept in Environmental Management Services (EMS) offices, BH-104, Research building #49, and maintained by EMS and Research staff.

8. Each building must be sprayed with protective outer pesticide around the perimeter of the building (at a minimum of three feet up and three feet out) annually.

9. Each facility/building must be equipped with “catch-all” mouse trapping stations at each entrance, which are meant to capture small pests prior to entry.

10. Monthly K-9 bed bug inspections will be performed in Fischer House I, Fischer House II, and Building 10 and on call beds in building 70. K-9 inspection service listed in Attachment A.

11. Building 70 has two main kitchens requiring separate weekly service to each of them.

12. Pigeon trapping/removal is to be performed on building 70 roof.

SCHEDULE OF IPM

13. See Attachment A

a. Installation Services include set up of ITL, catch all stations, pigeon traps and perimeter residual application to all buildings listed in Attachment A.

b. Routine Services include minimum of two service days a week to building 70. Building 70 must have all ITL, catch all traps and kitchens serviced during these two days of service. In addition, all documented pest issues in the Pest Log Book will be treated on these two treatment days, which includes all buildings listed in Attachment A.

c. On Demand Services will be requested by COR or delegate during normal business hours. See Attachment A for On Demand Services. Must follow time request guidelines in section 4 of IPMS requirements.

COMPLIANCE / REGULATIONS

14. Contractor must obey all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.

a. Every pesticide bought, sold, or used in the United States must, by law, be registered by the U.S. EPA and in each of the states. EPA approves not only the product itself, but also each separate use for which it is intended, and the product label. Contractor is responsible for applying only those pesticides that are registered.

15. Contractor must obey all Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations.

a. Shipment of pesticides and other dangerous substances across state lines is regulated by the federal DOT.

16. Contractor must obey all Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.

INSPECTION- Attachment A

17. The right is reserved to thoroughly inspect and investigate the contractors vehicles, equipment, business reputation, past performance history and other qualifications, and to reject any offer, irrespective of price, if it shall be administratively determined lacking any of the essential necessary to assure acceptable standards of performance.

Routine Service

On Demand Service

K-9 Inspection Bed Bug Service

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