VISN 15 Referral Lab Testing 8/1/2015 - 7/31/2016

This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.

The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.



Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.



The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to furnish all labor, supervision, transportation, materials, and equipment necessary to accomplish Laboratory Testing Services for the following locations:



VA Medical Center, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201-5275

VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64128-2226

VA Medical Center, 4101 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048-5014

VA Medical Center, 2401 West Main St., Marion, Illinois 62959-1188

VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901-3318

VA Medical Center, #1 Jefferson Barracks Dr., St. Louis, Missouri 63125-4199

VA Medical Center, 2200 Gage Blvd., Topeka, Kansas 66622-0001

VA Medical Center, 5500 East Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67218-1607

VA Medical Center Community Outpatient Clinic, Evansville, Indiana, 6211 E. Waterford Blvd., Evansville, Indiana 47715

All CBOC's associated within the VISN 15 geographic areas needed during the contract period.





Important information: The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently an UNRESTRICTED solicitation is anticipated. However, if response by Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves adequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. Sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 621511 (Medical Laboratories).



Notice to potential Offerors: All OIfferors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System For Award Management (SAM located on the web at www.sam.gov). Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov.



All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail: to Christopher.Lankford@va.gov. All information submissions should be received no later than 1:00 pm CST on February 17, 2014. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation will be published.