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GENERAL INFORMATION

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NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 23

1303 5TH STREET, SUITE 300

CORALVILLE IA 52241

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Erica Miller erica.miller5@va.gov 319-688-3703

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

4801 Veterans Drive

St. Cloud, MN 56303

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No phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.

This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing Boiler Blow-Off Valves per this notice under NAICS 332919 (Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing). Small business size standard is 750 Employees. Product Service Code (PSC) is 4820(Valve, nonpowered).

BACKGROUND:

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.

Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supply Services Team 1 is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers.

Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party’s expense.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term “offeror” is used in this notice, your respective organization’s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) sources, or any other Small Businesses capable of providing Boiler Blow-Off Valves for the St. Cloud VA Health Care System.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:

See Attached Proposed Statement of Work.

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE:

See Attached Proposed Statement of Work.

POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK:

See Attached Proposed Statement of Work.

POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:

See Attached Proposed Statement of Work.

SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:

Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 05:00pm Central Standard Time (CST), 11-23-2026 to:

Erica Miller Contracting Specialist E-mail: erica.miller5@va.gov Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:

· Name of offeror

· Address of offeror

· UEI Number of offeror

· Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror

· Whether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through Vet Biz at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ .

· Whether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, please provide GSA FSS contract number certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds

Specifications Yarway Brand Valves or Equal Valves needed for the 2008 Fire Tube – Cleaver Brooks Boiler S/N: 200-600-200

Boiler Blow-Off Valve Mfr.: Yarway P/N: 2” 3488-R Blow-off Valve Quantity: 3 Each

· 2-inch

· Straight Way

· Class 300

· Carbon steel

· Type B

· ANSI flanged ends

· Handwheel with rotating handle

· Seatless

· Sliding plunger

· Packing rings

· Heavy coil compression springs

· Rated for 2070 kPa 300 psig

· Saturated Steam

· Must withstand high pressure and high velocities

· ASTM A216/A216M WCB

· ASME B31.1

· Please include shipping within the price of the valve

· Standard Manufacturer Warranty

· NOTE: Sliding disc type or globe-type valves are prohibited

· All equipment provided by the vendor will be of the original manufacturer’s specs or technical equivalent and are subject to VA Boiler Plant Staff’s review, determination, and approval.

Delivery Location:

St. Cloud VA Health Care System Warehouse - Building 14 4801 Veterans Drive St. Cloud, MN 56303

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