S201--Janitorial Contract Main Campus at Durham VAMC

This Sources Sought Notice is not a formal request for proposals or quotes. No formal solicitation document exists currently. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their response to this notice. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East, is in the process of planning a requirement to inspect and maintain all critical doors at the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705. Please see the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS), and door list. The government intends on procuring a base with three one-year option. This potential requirement may be for a base period of one year plus four (4) additional one-year option periods. The applicable NAICS Code is 561720 (Janitorial Services) with a size standard of $18.0 million. Corresponding Product Service Code is S201.

The VA is seeking written responses to assist with identifying potential sources that are interested in, and capable of, providing the services described. Please review the information contained herein and identify whether your company has the capability and interest to provide the services described. Vendors who submit incomplete responses will be considered unresponsive. Capability statement that demonstrates the firm s ability to meet the above requirement, which includes: Company Name; Company Point of Contact Name, Email and Phone; Company DUNS Number; Company GSA schedule (if applicable) under which these services can be purchased:

Describe briefly the capabilities of your company and the nature of the goods and/or services you provide. Describe your company's past experience on previous projects similar in complexity to this requirement, and include contract numbers, a brief description of the work performed, period of performance,

agency/organization supported, and individual point of contact (Contracting Officer or Program

Manager).

The Veterans First Contracting Program applies to VA contracts only. VA has a preference to award contracts to verified service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) first then to verified Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) when market research indicates provides a reasonable expectation that the VA will receive two or more offers from eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms at a fair and reasonable price, Public Law 109-461.

To be eligible for a VA SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside, the firm must be verified in the VA s Office of Small Business Utilization s (OSDBU) Veteran Information Pages (VIP) database as an SDVOSB or VOSB at the time the firm submits its offer to the VA. Additional information on VA s Veterans First Contracting Program can be found on OSDBU s website. In addition, the SDVOSB/VOSB must qualify as a small business under SBA s regulations. The Government reserves the right to contact any respondent and/or respondent reference to obtain additional information. At this time, no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation.

Any resulting procurement action will be the subject of a separate, future announcement. The information is provided for market research purposes and any potential strategy for this acquisition may change prior to any solicitation release. The acquisition strategy, evaluation methodology, contract type, and any other acquisition decisions are to be determined. It is the potential vendor s responsibility to monitor the FEDBIZOPPS website at https://www.fbo.gov for release of any future amendments or solicitation that may result from the sources sought. Vendors having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this sources sought notice via e-mail to the Contracting Officer, no later than 5 November 2019 at 04:30 PM EST. Responses shall be emailed to: paul.waite@va.gov .