Page 2 of 2 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT FUME HOOD CLEANING for the Iowa City VA Health Care System No phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes. This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine sources capable of providing Medical Gas Inspection services per this notice under NAICS 811412 (Appliance Repair and Maintenance). Small business size standard is $19 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is J041 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Air Circulating Equipment). THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time. Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supply Services Team 2 is not at this time seeking offers and will not accept unsolicited offers. Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer. SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES: Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 11:59pm Central Standard Time (CST), Wednesday 04/09/2025 All responses and questions must be emailed to Christi.Melendez@va.gov and must include in the subject line: Sources Sought Fume Hood Cleaning IC 36C26325Q0596 Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited in the attached Proposed Statement of Work ; such statement shall also list: Name of offeror Address of offeror SAM UEI Number of offeror Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror State if your firm is a large business, small business, service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, HUB zone 8(a), women-owned small business or a small disadvantaged business. Whether or not offerer is on a Federal Schedule. Please provide contract number if applicable. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE: See Attached Proposed Statement of Work. PLACES OF PERFORMANCE: See Attached Proposed Statement of Work. POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK: See Attached Proposed Statement of Work. POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE: See Attached Proposed Statement of Work. DISCLAIMER AND ADDITIONAL NOTICES:  Responses may be used as research to better understand the marketplace or for creating a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this or future information requests.  AT THIS TIME NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. (DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION).  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 solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.  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.)Â
