SS Notice STERIS W911S6 DPG 3.3.26.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Steris Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) 1000-ARD Certification

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires procurement of Certification, Maintenance, and Repair for Steris Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) 1000-ARD Type equipment. The Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) currently intends to award a contract on an sole source basis, but is seeking vendors that may be able to supply the above stated in order to support a competitive procurement. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price.

This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.

The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), sam.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code is:

811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a corresponding size standard of $34M.

ACQUISITION PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:

The Steris VHP units are critical for mission operational readiness and testing and evaluation (T&E) conducted at DPG’s BioTesting Division laboratories. The contractor will be responsible for providing comprehensive services for Steris VHP-1000-ARD units. This includes bi-annual preventative maintenance involving cleaning, calibration, and inspection, as well as performing an annual certification on every VHP unit to validate its operational efficacy and safety. The contractor must also provide unscheduled, on-call emergency repairs as needed. All services are to be conducted by experienced, Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM) certified field technicians, and the contractor must provide access to 24/7 priority technical support from the OEM.

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform services as described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS)/Performance Requirement Summary (PRS) and associated contract documents. Core services are outlined as follows:

• Preventive Maintenance: Conduct bi-annual cleaning, calibration, and inspection of all VHP units in accordance with the OEM current Preventative Maintenance Checklist.

• Annual Certification: Perform annual certification on every VHP unit to validate its operational efficacy, safety, and compliance with manufacturer requirements.

• Emergency Repairs: Provide unscheduled, on-call repair services as needed to address issues outside of routine maintenance.

Please see attached draft PWS/ PRS for key deliverables and full details of this requirement.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE PLEASE PROVIDE:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, commercial activity/government entity (CAGE) code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.)

and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm has the technical capability to provide the services listed above and specifications contained therein. Please submit your capabilities regarding the salient characteristics being provided and any information pertaining to equal items/services to establish capabilities for planning purposes.

Provide recommendations to improve the Army's specifications for acquiring the identified items/services.

3. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

4. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

5. Information to help determine if the requirement item is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.

7. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466- 3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition.

Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

8. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

9. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages in length) and shall enter “Steris VHP-1000-ARD Type Annual Certification, Maintenance, and Repair Services” in subject line of email.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Laurel Brown at laurel.j.brown7.civ@army.mil no later than March 11, 2026 by 10:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted, receipt of submissions will not be acknowledged, and no feedback will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

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