8415--Electrical Grade Uniforms

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Responses to this sources sought notice must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential businesses interested and capable of providing the supplies described below.

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System located in 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073-1003 is seeking to purchase electrical grade uniforms to meet VA s requirements per VHA Directive 1028 Facility Electrical System. Uniforms including shirts and pants must meet the requirement with below salient characteristics or be equal to Bulwark or Carhartt featherweight clothing.

Meet ATPV rating of 9.5 CAL. 2018 NFPA 70EA category 2 Arc Flash PPE.

Each garment shall be approximately labeled with ATPV rating and/or manufacturer protective clothing FR information about the garment.

Uniform color shall be Dark Blue.

Estimated total quantity of long sleeve shirts: 322EA in various sizes listed below.

Each shirt shall have two pockets.

Each shirt shall have the VA Seal and Department of Veterans Affairs United States of America embodied over the left pocket, sized appropriately. Estimated size is 2 x4.5 .

Embroidery must meet the same Arc Flash rating of the garment.

Estimated total quantity of pants: 322EA in various sizes listed below.

Contractor shall provide 75 copies of cleaning and care instruction on Arc Flash protective uniform at no additional cost.

Upon contract award, contractor shall provide a sample of the uniform to the end user for approval.

Contractor shall deliver one complete order in a timely manner rather than a partial shipment so the end users can conduct one complete inventory count.

Shirts

Pants

Size

Qty

Size

Qty

Small

21

30x30

7

Medium

49

31x30

14

Large

70

32x28

21

XL

77

32x30

21

XXL - 2X

28

32x32

7

XXXL - 3X

56

33x30

7

5XLT

7

34x30

28

6XLT

7

34x32

7

7XLT

7

34x33

14

Total

322

34x34

14

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Â

36x30

35

Â

Â

36x33

7

Â

Â

38x30

14

Â

Â

38x34

7

Â

Â

40x30

14

Â

Â

40x32

7

Â

Â

42x28

7

Â

Â

42x30

28

Â

Â

42x32

21

Â

Â

44x33

7

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46x30

14

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Â

48x31

7

Â

Â

54x32

7

Â

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64x32

7

Â

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Total

322

If you are interested and are capable of providing the required supplies, please provide the following information.

(1) Company Name, Address, Point of Contact

(2) Size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.

(3) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 315220 Men s and Boy s Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing?

(4) Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number.

(5) If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract?

(6) Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes.

(7) Please submit a capability statement that addresses qualifications and verifies ability to perform work described above.

The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought announcement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. However, if there are insufficient Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business responses, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 315220 (750 Employees).

Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to hestia.sim@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 4/8/2022 10:00 AM PDT.

After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, a solicitation may be published on the beta.sam.gov or GSA eBuy websites. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation. All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. Prospective bidders must be authorized re-sellers in order to participate in the solicitation process.

Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at www.vip.vetbiz.gov.