7310--Hot Food Serving Counter for Bay Pines VA Health Care System

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY to determine the availability of potential Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) or any other small business firms for a small business category type set-aside. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 8, is conducting market research to determine potential qualified sources capable of providing one (1) Hot Food Serving Counter/Table for Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.

OVERVIEW: SEE ATTACHED DRAFT STATEMENT OF NEED.

Please include the following information about your organization in your response:

Company Name, Address, Size Standard, UEI#, Cage Code

Capabilities Statement - including whether all items are on existing government contract

Contract number (If applicable)

Place of Manufacturing

Point of Contact name, phone number, and email address

Authorized distributorship letter from the manufacturer (If a distributor)

Will the prime contractor provide products it manufactures?

Will the prime contractor acquire the products from a small or large business manufacturer?

*If it is a nonmanufacturer, is it providing the end items of a small business manufacturer?

What percentage of the total contract value will be subcontracted?

All questions shall be submitted in writing to Cindy.Smith@va.gov

Organizations responding to this RFI should provide the company s capabilities to perform this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333310 and the small business size standard is 1,000 Employees. The information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the VA not to open the requirement to open competition, based on responses to this sources sought synopsis is solely within the discretion of the VA. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this sources sought synopsis.

The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought is not expected to be a Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach, but rather short statements regarding the company s ability to demonstrate experience in relation to the areas specified herein. All information received in response to this sources sought notice will be marked as proprietary and will be handled accordingly. This synopsis is for information and purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation.

**NOTE: Dept. of Veterans Affairs has the right to set aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs if two or more responses are received with the required information listed above, by the due date specified below.

All responses to this sources sought notice must be sent via email to Cindy.Smith@va.gov no later than 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time on July 1, 2026 as specified above.