Annual Inspection and Testing of Ceiling Patient Lifts located at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. The VA Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) is in the process of determining the acquisition strategy for procuring the inspection and testing of ceiling patient lifts located at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) located in North Chicago, IL. Please note that this Request for Information (RFI) is for information only and does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, information describing their capability to provide the services and supplies listed above.



OVERVIEW: This requirement consists of providing all labor, materials, weights, and other equipment necessary to perform annual testing and inspection of 180 ceiling patient lifts located at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL.



Please include the following information about your organization in your response: (1) Name of Organization, (2) Address + Zip Code, (3) Telephone Number, (4) Fax Number, (5) Size of Business: Large or Small, (6) Status of Business: Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program Concern, Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Concern, Small Disadvantaged Business Concern, Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern, Minority owned business concern, and/or Women-Owned Small Business Concern, (7) CCR status, (8) Point(s) of Contact, (9) Email Address, and (10) number of years in business.

Organizations responding to this RFI should provide the company's capabilities to perform this requirement. The NAICS code is 811219. The Small Business size standard is 19 million. 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 response 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. All responses may be sent via e-mail to William Tanksley at william.tanksley@va.gov. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are due in the office by 2:00 pm CST on April 29, 2011.