Kitchen Utensils - VA Long Beach, CA Community Living Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting quotations for kitchen utensils and related items to support the activation of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System Community Living Center. This Request for Quotation (RFQ 36C24W26Q0069) seeks 44 line items totaling approximately 338 individual units across various categories including nonstick cookware, bakeware, utensils, measuring cups and spoons, dinnerware, glassware, flatware, kitchen organizers, accessibility aids, and kitchen tools. The solicitation requires quoters to submit signed quotes electronically to the Contract Specialist by 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on March 23, 2026, with all questions due by March 16, 2026. Quotations will be evaluated using two primary decision factors: Technical or Quality and Price, with award based on which conforming quotation offers the best overall benefit to the Government rather than necessarily the lowest price. Quoters must complete the FAR 52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate, VAAR 852.219-76 Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate, and confirm acceptance of all solicitation terms and conditions.

This procurement is set-aside exclusively for Small Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 332215 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. No incumbent contractor is identified in this solicitation. Delivery is required by April 20, 2026, FOB Destination to either the VA Long Beach Healthcare System facility at 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822, or to an IOT&A contractor-provided warehouse at 1008 Fuller Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701, with deliveries restricted to normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays). The specific budget or award value is not disclosed in the solicitation notice. No assembly, installation, or training requirements are specified for this procurement.