R711--RFI - Program/Payment Support for VA’s Cryopreservation Program

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is:

To post a DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment A) in order to receive comments and questions from interested vendors. Please utilize Attachment B for comments and questions regarding PWS. VA is not, at this time, seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. All responses shall be solely in the form of information.

To post a questionnaire (Attachment C) for interested vendors to complete and return to VA.

In addition to Attachments A, B, and C, VA requests answers to the following questions:

Does your organization plan to submit a proposal for this acquisition?

Please let us know if your organization identifies under any of the specific sub NAICS codes under the provided parent codes, or under any other NAICS codes for this requirement.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government is under no obligation to issue a solicitation or to award any contract on the basis of this Request for Information (RFI). All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be the sole responsibility of the respondent. All submissions will be treated as business confidential materials, become Government property, and will not be returned.

Responses

It is requested that comments and questions in response to the RFI/SSN be provided no later than April 3, 2024 by 3PM Eastern. Responses must be emailed to Traevon.Black@va.gov, and Justin.Sink@va.gov. All email correspondence for this project must reference the RFI Number, Project Title and Company Name in the subject line of the email as follows:

RFI XXX_IVC Cryo Preservation_Company Name

Point of Contact

Contracting Officer: Terri Duenas, VA Office of Acquisitions and Logistics (OAL), Email: Terri.Duenas@va.gov

Contract Specialist: Traevon Black, VA Office of Acquisitions and Logistics (OAL), Email: Traevon.Black@va.gov

Contract Specialist: Justin Sink, VA Office of Acquisitions and Logistics (OAL), Email: Justin.Sink@va.gov

Disclaimer

This notice is for the purpose of posting a RFI/SSN and is issued for information and planning purposes only. This does not constitute a solicitation, nor does it bind the

government to produce a solicitation or restrict as to the ultimate acquisition approach should a solicitation result from this RFI. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.