The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this Sources Sought notice as a means of conducting market research to identify firms having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement to provide a broad range of emergency building system repair services to be rendered at each of the nine (9) VISN-12 VA facilities. These nine facilities are: Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, WI Tomah VA Medical Center, Tomah, WI William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago IL Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL Joliet CBOC, Joliet, IL (VA-owned facility) VA Illiana Health Care System, Danville, IL Historically, VISN-12 has experienced the following types of emergencies requiring immediate response: HVAC systems Electrical systems Plumbing systems Life Safety systems Boiler systems The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 561210 Facilities Support Services. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Tentative requirements: The Contractor shall furnish all necessary qualified personnel, material, and services to conduct/perform task orders in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) under the IDIQ, and those requirements prepared specifically for each TO. These building system repairs may include but are not limited to items such as electrical, gas, steam, plumbing, and architectural system repairs. Contractor is required to perform emergency repairs to return affected facility equipment and systems to pre-emergency operating conditions. The contractor shall not provide any additional services to augment, replace, or otherwise improve affected facility equipment or building systems over and above what is required to overcome the emergency. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, vehicle fleet size, and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. Based on the responses to this notice and other market research, this requirement may be set-aside for veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs or VOSBs), small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Limitations on Subcontracting 13 CFR §125.6 will apply to any procurement set-aside for veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs or VOSBs) or small businesses. 13 CFR §125.6 states: (a) General. In order to be awarded a full or partial small business set-aside contract with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in the FAR at 48 CFR 2.101) in paragraph (a) introductory text; and an 8(a) contract, an SDVO SBC contract, a HUBZone contract, a WOSB or EDWOSB contract pursuant to part 127 of this chapter, a small business concern must agree that: (1) In the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Before any small or large business can be awarded a federal contract, a contracting officer (CO) must affirmatively determine that the firm is responsible to perform the specific contract it is otherwise in line to receive. If an apparent small business successful offeror is denied a contract award because it lacks certain elements of responsibility, the CO will refer the matter to the Small Business Administration. Once a CO s referral is received by the SBA s area office, the SBA will then inform the small business of the CO s determination and offer it the opportunity to apply to the SBA for a Certificate of Competency by a specific date. Burden of proof is on the small business to demonstrate that it meets specific COC eligibility criteria. After award, if a CO or other VA officials determine a review of limitations on subcontracting compliance is warranted based upon reasonable information of possible noncompliance, a request for review will be submitted to VA s Subcontracting Compliance Review Program. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 4:00 PM CST on September 22, 2023. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to rich.hedman@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
