The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) in Milwaukee, WI is searching for vendors who have the capability to provide inspection and maintenance for fire suppression equipment such as clean agent suppression, dry chemical suppression, pre-action detection systems, kitchen hood suppression, fire doors, and Ansul systems at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL. You can add your facility here and delete the VISN facilities below. The vendor shall be responsible for all labor, travel expenses, shipping and handling, and parts needed to perform this request. All interested responsible sources shall submit a brief summary of their capabilities to this office by 10:00 a.m. Local Time on Friday, May 19th. The capabilities statement shall include a brief narrative on how vendor will abide by the Limitations of Subcontracting rule, 852.219-75. These requests are mandatory for consideration. Please also provide the vendor s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), experience with fire suppression equipment testing and maintenance and name and phone number of a point of contact in case further information is needed. Summaries shall be submitted via email to Dustin.Biermann@va.gov. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes to determine availability of qualified vendors and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. The procurement will be competed under NAICS 561621. Please note that this is not a request for proposal and the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue solicitation documents. Telephone inquiries will not be returned. 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) (a) Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8127(k)(2), the offeror certifies that (1) If awarded a contract (see FAR 2.101 definition), it will comply with the limitations on subcontracting requirement as provided in the solicitation and the resultant contract, as follows: [Contracting Officer check the appropriate box below based on the predominant NAICS code assigned to the instant acquisition as set forth in FAR 19.102.] (i) [X] Services. In the case of a contract for services (except construction), the contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs as set forth in 852.219-10 or VOSBs as set forth in 852.219-11. Any work that a similarly situated VIP-listed subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Other direct costs may be excluded to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the acquisition and small business concerns do not provide the service as set forth in 13 CFR 125.6.
