Q999--Cardiac Event Monitoring Services 596 Long Term

Sources Sought

This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.

Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NCO 9 Network Contracting Office, on behalf of the Lexington VA Medical Center is conducting market research through this Sources Sought notice to seek sources to identify potential experienced businesses that are capable of meeting the requirements per the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW). This Sources Sought is being conducted to determine the possibility of a potential set aside.

Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.

NAICS code: 621999 and sized standard is $20.5 million.

NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered and CVE verified in VetCert Registry Veteran Small Business Certification. Additionally, all Offerors responding to a solicitation must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of proposal submission.

Period of Performance: Period of performance is projected to be for a base period of one (1) year with four (4) one-year ordering periods but is subject to change.

Estimated Award Date November 01, 2027

Place of Performance: VA Medical Center Lexington

1101 Veterans Drive

Lexington, KY 40502-2236

Scope: This requirement is for providing looping cardiac event recording services.

Capability statement / information sought: Response to this announcement shall not to exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm s ability to provide a product and related services; (2) The respondents DUNS number, Unique Entity Identification (UEI), organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., SDVOSB/VOSB, etc,) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

Please email your response with the above information to laura.edelman@va.gov. Any questions must be submitted by email to laura.edelman@va.gov. Phone calls will not be answered.

SOURCES SOUGHT QUESTIONNAIRE

Company Name ___________________________________________

POC ___________________________________________

Phone Number ___________________________________________

Email Address ___________________________________________

UEI ___________________________________________

1. Is your firm considered a Small Business? The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is tentatively 621999; the small business size standard for this NAICS code is $20.5 Million.

A size standard, which is usually stated in number of employees or average annual receipts, represents the largest size that a business (including its subsidiaries and affiliates) may be to remain classified as a small business for Small Business Administration and federal contracting programs. The definition of "small" varies by industry. Is your business considered any of the following?

[ ] yes [ ] no Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)**

[ ] yes [ ] no Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)**

[ ] yes [ ] no Historic Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZONE)

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)

[ ] yes [ ] no Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

[ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB)

**If you responded yes to SDVOSB or VOSB, submit a copy of your current Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Certificate.

2. Does your firm have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)?

[ ] yes [ ] no

3. In your opinion, what are the risks associated with this effort? Comment on any current or potential technical, cost, schedule, or performance risks that you would like to make the Government aware of that concern Physician Services and/or this requirement.

4. Provide any additional feedback that you feel is relevant (i.e., problems or any other issues experienced with similar contracts).

Note: Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.

Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).