Water Testing & Maintenance | Backflow Preventer | Erie VAMC

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only. Responses to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes. No quotes are being requested or accepted at this time with this notice. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Erie VAMC, has a requirement to clean, test and certify the installed backflow preventers at the Erie VA Medical Center located at 135 East 38th St, Erie, Pennsylvania 16504. Potential Sources shall respond with their ability to provide these services as outlined in the draft SOW (Attachment 1).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code being considered for this procurement is 238220, Plumbing, heating and air conditioning, and the Product Service Code (PSC) is J045 Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment- Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment. The Small Business Size Standard is $19 million. Responses to this notice should include the following:

1. Company name 2. Company s address, 3. Point of Contact information (i.e. title, phone number and email address) 4. Company s capability to meet this requirement and any pertinent information which demonstrates the company s ability to meet the above requirements. 5. GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract number, if within scope of this effort (if applicable).

6. Company s type of business (small or large) and socioeconomic status whether Service Disable Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Hubzone, 8(a), Women Owned, Small Disadvantaged, etc. If applicable, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be verified in www.VetBiz.gov.

Response should provide enough information to determine if the vendor can comply with the limitations on subcontracting as defined in VAAR 852.219-74 and all applicable CFR references where applicable. All responses shall be submitted in writing via email no later than 12:00 PM (ET) August 28, 2025 to Keri Lewis at keri.lewis2@va.gov. Simply responding as an interested party in www.fbo.gov does not constitute your company as a source. Offeror must provide the above requested information.

After review of the responses to this sources sought notice, a solicitation announcement may be published on the FBO website in the near future. Responses to this sources sought announcement are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the forthcoming solicitation announcement, in addition to responding to this sources sought notice.

All interested parties must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at https://beta.sam.gov in order to be eligible for award of Government contracts. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.