Sources sought Renfrew 20230606.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE No Solicitation is currently available. This sources sought notice is for Market Research purposes only. All information contained herein is preliminary, and subject to changes and/or cancellation at the discretion of the Government. Interested vendors shall provide responses to this notice voluntarily, and at no cost to the Government. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. Based upon information received in response to this Sources Sought Notice, the Government shall make a determination on a procurement strategy, which shall include the type of small business set-aside, or Full and Open competition if appropriate. The eventual procurement strategy and set-aside, if appropriate, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238330, Flooring Contractors, and the small business size standard is $19M. Project magnitude is anticipated between $5,000.00 and $20,000.00. Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/index.jsf ). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses shall have their ownership and control verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and be listed in the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/.

Description of Services: Contractor shall provide construction services necessary to replace all damaged flooring – rolled carpet, due to flooding, and install new flooring of vinyl plank Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) and carpet tile. Installation of approximately 100 square feet of LVT. Installation of approximately 1100 square feet of carpet tiles. Installation of approximately 300 linear feet of wall base. Installation of ADA-compliant reducers and transitions. Bidding flooring contractor must present updated and current certificate illustrating master installers’ abilities and credentials in installing bid flooring at submittal. Failure to present will automatically eliminate submitters bid, no exceptions. Submit complete literature, data, warranties, cut sheets, finishes, samples, and comparisons to the product specified for each proposed alternate product. Incomplete submittals will disqualify the bid. Bidding flooring contractor must review the jobsite in person to inspect, field-measure and field-verify prior to submitting a bid. Installers shall have successfully completed projects of similar size and scope within the last three years. Installation team should be certified installers of LVT flooring. Location: Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Sierra Nevada Hospital, 975 Kirman Ave, Reno NV 89502.

The Government requests that interested parties review the Description of Services and provide the following capability information to the Contracting Specialist, Nicole Renfrew, at nicole.renfrew@va.gov, by 12:00 PM PDT on June 12th, 2023. Include general information and technical background describing your firm's experience on contracts requiring similar efforts to meet the program objectives. Bonding Capability; per contract and aggregate. Provide amount of aggregate bonding currently available (i.e. amount not committed). Anticipated Teaming Arrangements (if any). List of Projects (Government and Commercial) that are similar is scope and size. The Government requests that interested party submissions in response to this source sought notice be no more than 10 single-sided, type-written pages using Times New Roman 12-point font or larger. Published literature may be any number of pages. The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision. This Sources Sought Notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. No contract will be awarded as a direct result of this announcement.