8910--FY25 Durham Milk Budget

SOURCES SOUGHT

Sources Sought Only: This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. This is a

Sources Sought notice for the identification of potential vendors capable of providing

Milk for the Durham VA Healthcare System, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, North Carolina,

27705 in the future.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their

business size classification (HUBZone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, small veteran

owned, or service-disabled veteran owned small business) relative to NAICS 311511

(Fluid Milk Manufacturing) and the Size Standard of 1,150 Employees. Consistent with

Public Law 109-461 VA's Veterans First Contracting Program , first priority would be

given to Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran

Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Small Business (SB) concerns, should there be

sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside if the requirement goes to

solicitation. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to

establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business

participation, then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which

case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid.

Potential vendors should be capable of supplying the following:

Line Item

Description

0001

Milk, whole, fresh, homogenized Vitamin A and D fortified

0002

Milk, low fat (2% milk fat) fresh, homogenized pasteurized, vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 container

0003

Milk, skim, nonfat (less than0.5% milk fat) fresh, milk dolids addedmogenized and pasteurized. Vitamin A and D fortifies. 1/2 pint Container

0004

Milk chocolate flavor, 1% and 2% milk fat, nogenized, pasteurized, Vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 pint container

0005

Cottage Cheese, 1% fat, 5% container

Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information

below.

Company name, address, point of contact, phone number,

SAMs UEI number and DUN s Number

List of available products, and business size (small or large business concern).

Whether or not they are small business manufacturers of the products they wish to offer, or

Whether or not they are distributors of a small business manufacturer

Failure to provide the above information may result in the potential offeror being

considered incapable of meeting the VA s needs

If the contractor can provide the above items, the contractor shall provide a letter from

the manufacturer stating they are an authorized distributor/licenser of their products.

Again, all respondents shall submit capability statement signifying that they meet the

above-mentioned specifications. This is strictly market research, and the Government

will not entertain questions concerning this market research survey. The Government

will not assume any costs incurred by the contractor in the preparation of responses.

All responses shall be submitted in the form of email to Jonathan Lamb, Contracting

Specialist at email address: Jonathan.Lamb@va.gov. Please reference SOURCES

SOUGHT NOTICE: DURHAM MILK in subject line. Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses must be received in writing no later than July 26th, 2024 05:00 PM, EST.

All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in

the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is

www.sam.gov.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small

Businesses should also indicate whether the company is verified by SBA on VetCert

Database at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov).

There is no other information available at this time. Thank you for your interest.