F103--Water Quality Testing Redding

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.

No Solicitation is currently available.

All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380, Testing Laboratories, and the small business size standard is $16.5 Million.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office (NCO 21) is soliciting information contractors that can provide Monthly Water Testing for VA Northern California Health Care System. A description of services is attached to this notice.

Brief Description of Services

See attached Description of Services.

Capability Statement

All interested contractors must respond by email to Timothy.Smith9de3@va.gov before 10:00 A.M. PST on September 27, 2022.

Please answer the following questions when responding:

What is your company s Socioeconomic Status? (ex: small business, large business, SDVOSB, etc.)

a. If SDVOSB or VOSB, are you registered in Vendor Information Pages (VIP)?

https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/

Provide Company s legal name along with Unique Entity ID (SAM) number.

Primary point of contact, including phone number and e-mail address

Capabilities Statement

List of Projects (Government and Commercial) that are similar in scope and size.

As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html

6a. Of the service actions listed above, which one(s) will your company perform as the prime contractor using its own personnel without subcontracting?

6b. With respect to the service actions listed above, which action(s) do you intend on subcontracting or using other than your company s own personnel?

6c. Of those services that will be performed, approximately what percentage will be paid to the subcontractor(s)?

GSA Contract Number, if applicable.

Fill out the price estimate (base year plus 4 option years) for Monthly Water Testing

Description

Quantity

Unit

Total Price

Water Testing for heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and Endotoxin on 2 Critical Water Sources as Described in the Description of Services -Base Year 12/07/22 12/06/23

12

Months

$

Water Testing for heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and Endotoxin on 2 Critical Water Sources as Described in the Description of Services Option Year 1 12/07/23 12/06/24

12

Months

$

Water Testing for heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and Endotoxin on 2 Critical Water Sources as Described in the Description of Services Option Year 2 12/07/24 12/06/25

12

Months

$

Water Testing for heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and Endotoxin on 2 Critical Water Sources as Described in the Description of Services Option Year 3 12/07/25 12/06/26

12

Months

$

Water Testing for heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and Endotoxin on 2 Critical Water Sources as Described in the Description of Services Option Year 4 12/07/26 12/06/27

12

Months

$

Total Price

$

*Failure to provide the information requested above (items 1-8) will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered a viable source.

RFQ number 36C26122Q1203 has been assigned and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement.

The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision.

This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and no contract will be awarded as a direct result of this Sources Sought announcement.

Notes: Contractors must have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/SAM/

SDVOSB and VOSB firms should be registered at the time of quote submission

and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/