SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IMPORTANT: READ THIS NOTICE IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE RESPONDING. SERVICES ARE SPORADIC AND NO ROUTINE SCHEDULE OR QUANTITY CAN BE FIRMLY IDENTIFIED The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23, on behalf of the Sioux Falls SD VA Hospital, is seeking information and potential sources for Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service. The period of performance will be for one year and is requested to begin January 2024 and will include four (4), one-year option periods. The Contractor shall provide Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Sioux Falls VA Health Care System (VAHCS). Services will be provider on a 24-hour per day, seven days per week basis, including holidays and weekends. This will include maintaining the water treatment and dialysate systems in accordance with the manufacturer s guidelines and standards of practice whenever they are on-site for acute hemodialysis nursing procedures. The Sioux Falls VAHCS will provide nurse oversight and retain ultimate authority over and responsibility for each patient s care and treatment. See attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) for additional information. The NAICS for this requirement is 621492 - Kidney Dialysis Centers, which has a small business size standard of $47.0 million. It is the intent of the VA to issue a single award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract. This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This Sources Sought Notice will be used to obtain information regarding the provision of Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service from potential vendors, identify potential vendors that would be interested and capable of providing Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service within the requested timeframe, and to assist the Contracting Officer in making a set-aside determination. This Source Sought Notice and any responses are for market research purposes only and shall not be considered an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services. This Source Sought Notice is not a solicitation, and no contractual arrangement will be made as a result. Vendors are advised that no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor submission to this Sources Sought Notice or the Government's use of such information. All costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice are solely at the responding vendors expense. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any vendor's input resulting from this Sources Sought Notice. Information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice will not be returned. All submitted information should be UNCLASSIFIED or NON-PROPRIETARY. Vendors are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained with its response. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly marked and clearly identified. By responding to this Sources Sought Notice, the vendor provides the Government permission to share its submitted capabilities and contact information with other Government organizations in relationship to similar requirements for market research purposes. To be considered complete, responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall include the information below. Provide a brief description of the company background, experience in providing Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service as the prime contractor/subcontractor, socioeconomic status, past performance with Government contracts, and contractor SAM UEI number. Indicate if subcontractors/partners be used for any part of the delivery of Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service? If yes, specify the duties of the prime contractor and any subcontractors/partners. If company is a Veteran and/or Small Business, indicate if able to comply with the Limitations on Subcontracting at 13 CFR 125.6, which states that for services a small business concern must agree that it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not similarly situated. Include copy of Small Business Administration verification at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov) if claiming Veteran-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business socioeconomic status as prime contractor or for any subcontractors/partners. Provide a copy of current certificate of liability insurance in vendor s name. All interested parties, REGARDLESS of socioeconomic status, capable of providing the required Onsite Acute Dialysis Nursing Service above shall submit a response via email to the Contracting Specialist at michael.cotton@va.gov, no later than Friday, September 8, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. local time.
