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It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. It does not oblige the Government to award a contract.  Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to these sources sought must be in writing. \nThe purpose of these sources sought (36C26227Q0007) announcement is for market research used to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.  Documentation on technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition.  \nResponses: This notice shall include the following: \n(a) Company name \n(b) Address \n(c) Point of contact \n(d) Phone, fax, and email \n(e) UEI number \n(f) Cage Code \n(g) Tax ID Number \n(h) Type of small business, e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone and \n(i) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.\n\nThe Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) located at 3601 S. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 is seeking a potential qualified contractor that can provide Furniture Storage, Installation, and Electronic Inventory services for SAVAHCS.  \nImportant information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to these sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 493190 ($36.5 million in average annual receipts).  \nNotice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).  All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to barry.bland@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Dr. Barry Bland, Senior Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM CA (PST) on October 23, 2026.  \n\nSTATEMENT OF WORK\n\nSOUTHERN ARIZONA VETERAN AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM\nPERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR\nASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND LABOR/INSTALLATION\n\n1. OBJECTIVE\nSouthern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) requires asset inventory management services and labor/installation.  The contractor must have the capabilities to provide labor (technically trained personnel) for inventory data capture management, product handling inventory management of VA s multi-manufacturer complicated systems furniture and freestanding furniture and for installation throughout the facility. Knowledge of multi-manufacturer systems furniture (Haworth, Herman Miller, Knoll, Steelcase, etc.) with a minimum of 3 years  experience of working with products is required.\n\n2. SCOPE OF WORK \nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, equipment and trucks to provide and execute the pickup of complex furniture systems, moving of complex furniture systems, freestanding furniture, and the computer data management of these complex systems and furniture.  The VA will supply the furniture systems and freestanding furniture to be picked up and inventoried at the vendor s inventory management center. The contractor shall provide furniture moving, installation, and storage services for SAVAHCS for the facilities listed below.  \n\nMedical Centers: \nSAVAHCS 3601 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85723\n\nCommunity Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC):\nVA NW Clinic, 3920 W Linda Vista Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85742\nVA SE Clinic, 7395 S Houghton Rd, Ste. 129, Tucson, AZ 85747\nVA Casa Grande Clinic, 1876 E Sabin Dr. Ste 15 Bldg A, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nVA Green Valley Clinic, 380 W Vista Hermosa Dr., Ste 140, Green Valley, AZ 85614\nVA Safford Clinic, 355 N 8th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546\nVA Sierra Vista Clinic, 101 N Coronado Dr Ste. A, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\nVA Yuma Clinic, 3111 S 4th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364 (relocating in 2027) 11403 E. South Frontage Rd. Yuma, AZ 85365\nVA Ft. Huachuca Clinic, 2240 Winrow Rd, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 (resides on military installation)\n\nOther Locations:\nPinal County VA Clinic, 1179 E. Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nCochise County VA Clinic, 157 N. Coronado Dr., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\n\n3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE\nThis procurement shall be for a single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a period of performance from 31 December 2026 to 30 December 2031(estimated, finalized at time of contract award). Funds will be made via issuance of written, unilaterally signed task orders against the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. Only warranted VA contracting officers can issue task orders for services. \n\nOrdering Periods (estimated, finalized at time of contract award):\nBase Ordering Period: 12/31/2026 to 12/30/2027\nOrdering Period 1:       12/31/2027 to 12/30/2028\nOrdering Period 2:  12/31/2028 to 12/30/2029\nOrdering Period 3:  12/31/2029 to 12/30/2030\nOrdering Period 4:  12/31/2030 to 12/30/2031\n\nNormal Duty Hours: Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 3:00pm, Arizona Time, excluding Federal Holidays and any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday.  \n\nOff Duty Hours: Monday through Friday 3:00pm to 6:30am, Arizona Time, and Saturdays and Sundays. There may be overtime or weekends where work is needed in this contract.  The contractor shall be required to start urgent/off duty work within three hours of notification from the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Any exceptions require a Contracting Officer s (CO) approval. \n\nOff duty hours shall also include the following Federal Holidays:\nNew Year s Day (January 1)\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)\nPresident s Day (Third Monday in February)\nMemorial Day (Last Monday in May)\nJuneteenth Day (June 19)\nIndependence Day (July 4)\nLabor Day (First Monday in September) \nColumbus Day (Second Monday in October)\nVeterans Day (November 11)\nThanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)\nChristmas Day (December 25)\n\n4. CONTRACTOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS\nIt is the intent of these specifications to govern receiving furniture and furnishings, maintain a current inventory of existing furnishings, and perform moves to include:\nMoving furniture and belongings.\nDisassembly and assembly of furniture.\nRemoval, storage, inventory, and delivery of existing furniture.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for ensuring that its company and personnel maintain any generally required professional certification, accreditation license, bond, and proficiency relative to their area of expertise. The contractor shall retain documentation of such records. The Government will not pay expenses to meet this requirement. The contractor is responsible for ensuring staff are trained and certified for planning an installed product to maintain the integrity of the manufacturer s warranty. The contractor must have certification to provide installation services for the following manufacturers, at a minimum:\nHerman Miller\nSteelcase\nKnoll \nHaworth\nAllsteel\n\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supervision, and expertise required to receive, move, disassemble, and assemble furniture for SAVAHCS. The contractor will be responsible for installing wall mounted sit-stands and accessories to include literature racks, bullet boards, and marker boards in addition to systems furniture items. The placement of all walls mounted items shall be coordinated with the COR prior to installation. \n\nThe COR will provide the contractor with an electronic copy of the furniture component listings and installation drawings so the contractor can coordinate receiving, storage, and installation. The COR shall enter inventory orders to be delivered by the contractor in the contractor s inventory system and include these in the daily task lists.\n\nThe contractor shall assign a single point of contact that will consistently be a project manager as needed, manage the work performed under the contract and shall coordinate work with the other contractor personnel. The project manager shall have a cell phone with e-mail capabilities to simplify communication between the contractor personnel and VA personnel. \n\nThe contractor s project manager shall be responsible for providing the installation crew with copies of furniture component listing and installation drawings previously provided by the COR. The contractor s project manager shall coordinate sequencing and staging with the COR on larger projects. \n\nThe contractor s lead installer shall ensure that the job is completed and inspect the job site before notifying the COR that the work is complete. The lead installer must clearly communicate with VA personnel. The lead installer should be the same person for each VA project to the maximum extent practicable. \n\nThe contractor personnel shall be dressed professionally to include at a minimum attire such as the contractor s uniform or the contractor s company logo.\n\nOn average the contractor will be scheduled three days a week, but this will vary with workload. When called for projects, the contractor will be requested to work no less than four hours per call. The individual projects could extend several days depending on size of the project. When contacted to respond to an urgent move or installation request, the contractor must be available within two days of an urgent request. \n\nThe contractor shall provide cleaning services of product (ex: fabric panels) as needed/directed by VA staff.\n\nThe contractor shall also provide minor repairs to damaged furniture when possible. Examples of minor repairs include replacing a wheel on a chair, re-gluing castors, cuts to work surfaces around columns, re-edge banding, etc. \n\nThe contractor shall provide sufficient and consistent personnel and crews based on workload as required to accomplish assigned tasks in the time frame stated per the project timeline. \n\nThe contractor shall provide, operate, manage and maintain a trained, uniformed team of personnel to provide the services.\n\nThe contractor s personnel shall have the ability to meet and communicate with the general public; ability to physically perform the functions required in the performance of the assigned duties; ability to read English; understand and apply printed rules, detailed orders, instructions, and furniture drawing layouts. They shall also be familiar with a variety of commercial furniture product disassembly/assembly parts and components. able to.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for identifying when a project is complete, per plans and specifications, and reporting to the COR for inspection when required. The contractor is only to take instruction from the COR or VA CO during any assignment. The contractor shall notify the COR regarding any schedule implications (if work is taking longer or is completed quicker than scheduled), whether there are missing products, or if there is a warranty issue. \n\nIf electronic task list cannot be completed because of government delay, the contractor will notify the COR to reschedule.\n\nFurniture Inventory Software   The contractor is responsible to input the existing inventory into a web-based solution (SnapTracker for example) that is accessible by VA staff. All data must be fully available to VA staff within thirty days after contract award. The contractor shall own and maintain the database throughout the life of the contract. At the end of the contract the contractor will provide a digital and printed copy of the inventory. Digital copy must be provided such that it is easily transferrable to another system.\n\n5. CONTRACTOR S STORAGE OR WAREHOUSE FACILITY\nThe contractor shall receive and store new furniture in their warehouse. The square footage of storage space required for new and existing furniture will vary between 5,500 square feet and 8,000 square feet. It is dependent on workload and timing of large projects. On average there is approximately 6,000 square feet of space required for storage at the contractor s warehouse. \n\nThe contractor shall store furniture inventory until installation of product is scheduled by the COR. The contractor will notify the COR upon receiving VA furniture to initiate receiving reports and schedule installation. \n\nThe contractor is responsible for unpacking and disposing of all packaging materials. All debris and rubbish not specified to become Government property shall be disposed of by the contractor off Government property. Disposal will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local hauling and disposal regulations. All items that can be recycled shall be recycled. The contractor shall leave workspaces clean and vacuum workspace, if necessary, after work is completed. \n\nThe contractor shall inventory all existing furniture that is stored in their warehouse annually and continually keep the inventory database up to date as items are added and removed from inventory. The inventory program shall be available on a website and shall always be accessible to both VA personnel and contractor personnel. The inventory shall include a naming convention assigned to each inventoried item, photograph(s) of each piece or type when quantities apply, a description, size (width x height x depth), quantity, manufacturer, model, number of finish specifications, and location stored in warehouse. The inventory shall be updated weekly to reflect accurate information. The categories for inventory shall be coordinated with the COR. The inventory system shall allow COR to create furniture orders from inventory to include delivery dates.  The inventory will be recounted every year in January to ensure that all items are accounted for.\n\nThe contractor s storage or warehouse facility is required to be no more than fifty miles from the SAVAHCS at 3601 South 6th Ave, Tucson, Arizona 85723.\n\nThe contractor s warehouse must be able to receive product Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays), between 7:00am to 5:00pm Arizona Time.\n\nThe current VA contracted warehouse space is estimated at 6,200 square feet. The inventory includes systems, furniture components, filing cabinets, medical carts and tables. The inventory must be moved by the successor contractor to their facility and inventoried by them within thirty days after contract award. \n\n6. CONTRACT INVOICES\nThe services listed in the Price/Cost Schedule are lump sum requirements per hour. The prices include all labor, resources, and incidental/related services to provide the storage, moving, and installation services. There shall be no extra costs to the Government for services that are detailed and required of the contractor within this Statement of Work. \n\nThe contractor shall provide monthly invoices in arrears of services for all work performed in accordance with the line items of the contract. Invoices must be submitted to VA electronically via the Tungsten Network. Refer to VAAR Clause 852.232-72 for additional language. \n\nInvoices shall be submitted no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for tracking the hours for services provided. The contractor must submit an invoice with all hours completed the previous month, detailed per employee, project name where applicable, location of work performed, and project schedules.\n\nPrior to submitting an invoice for payment, the contractor must provide the following information to the COR for review and concurrence:\nAn Excel spreadsheet with separate costs per hour, rate, and totals for SAVAHCS and clinics; and lease facilities separately for each week of the month and the total cost for that month for all facilities combined.\nThe square footage of storage/warehouse space shall be determined precisely on the fifteenth day of each month. In other words, on the fifteenth day of each month, the square footage of space used to warehouse the VA s inventory shall be measured. That measurement shall be used to invoice the VA for the square footage of storage space for that month the measurement was taken.\nProvide all backup documents, to include the schedule from each day worked along with hours per task.\n\n7. SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS\nThe services in this contract may only be changed by written modification. The modification shall be bilateral and binding when signed by a VA Contracting Officer. \n\nThe services to be performed by the contractor shall be performed in accordance with VA policies and procedures of the VA facility. Under no circumstances will the contractor s employees be considered VA employees. \n\nThe contractor shall have insurance for general liability, worker s compensation, and vehicle insurance. The contractor shall furnish after contract award a certificate of insurance proving all required coverage has been obtained to the VA. The contractor is responsible for maintaining insurance coverage for the duration of the contract. \n\n8. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS\nPersonnel assigned by the contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be experienced in installing a variety of different manufacturers  products, to include systems and furniture. The contractor s Project Manager and Lead Installer must have a minimum of two years of experience performing furniture and systems furniture installation services. \n\nAll certifications held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the COR. Each person assigned to work under this contract shall be certified and trained in furniture installation services and operation of any equipment used. \n\n9. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS\nAll contractor employees who require access to the Department of Veterans Affairs computer systems and/or sensitive information shall be the subject of a background investigation and must receive a favorable adjudication from the VA Office of Security, Information Security Officer and Law Enforcement prior to contract performance. This requirement is applicable to all subcontractor personnel requiring the same access.\n\nThe contractor shall be required to comply with all security policies/requirements. All security policies/requirements must be met, and employees cleared up prior to the contractor performing work under this contract. Employees that cannot meet the security and clearance requirements shall not be allowed to perform work under this contract.\n\nThe position sensitivity has been designated as low risk.\n\nThe level of background investigation commensurate with the required level of access is a low-level National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).\n\nEach contractor assigned work under the contract is required to annually receive and document completion of VA Privacy Awareness training. VA Privacy Training for Personnel without Access to VA Computer Systems or VA Sensitive Information.  This TMS training course (VA20939) provides the mandatory yearly Privacy training requirement for any VA personnel such as volunteers or contractors without access to VA computer systems or VA sensitive Information.  If employees have access to protected health information, whether paper or electronic, they must take Privacy and HIPAA Focused Training.  You may use this print version for an employee to read. The supervisor, in turn, must enter the training into TMS. \n\nContractor Responsibilities:\nThe contractor shall ensure all personnel requiring access to the computer systems are able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.\nComplete the Fingerprint Request Form furnished by the VA after award. \nComplete the Background Investigation Request Worksheets furnished by the VA after award. The VA CO will send the documentation to the Veteran s Service Center to complete the fingerprint adjudication.\nThe contractor personnel will be required to complete an Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP).\nThe contractor, when notified of an unfavorable adjudication determination by the Government, shall withdraw he contactor s employee from working under the contract. \n\n10. QUALTIY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN\nThe monitoring of the contractor s performance shall be done by the COR. Incidents of contractor noncompliance, as evidenced by the monitoring procedures, shall be first discussed with the contractor by the VA Contract Specialist (CS). If no resolution can be found, incidents will then be forwarded to the VA CO for final resolution. \n\nThe Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) shall outline the evaluation criteria to ensure the contractor is aware of the quality and criteria required to meet the terms of the contract. \n\nThe COR shall assess the contractor s performance once per month and will provide a written assessment to the contractor and VA CS. \n\nThe evaluation criteria and standards are listed in the Services Summary section. \n\n11. SERVICES SUMMARY\n\nTASK #\nCRITERIA\nSTANDARD\nRATING\n1\nThe contractor shall provide a timely, within two days, response time for urgent or off duty work requested by VA.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not responding to urgent or off duty requests with two days notification by the COR or CO. \nPass/Fail\n2\nThe contractor shall provide the timely submission of complete and accurate invoices to VA no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month. \nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor invoicing after the fourteenth calendar day after the end of a month.\nPass/Fail\n3\nThe contractor shall be required to thoroughly complete each project before notifying the COR that the project s work is complete. The contractor shall notify the COR of any variance to the schedule, including any work not completed and/or missing parts/components.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that a project is complete before project closes out. All punch list items and any other work must be complete before work is officially accepted by the COR.\nPass/Fail\n4\nThe contractor shall adhere to scheduled work times unless notified by the COR. The order of the schedule shall be followed unless approved by the COR.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that all scheduled work is completed by agreed upon schedule.\nPass/Fail\n5\nThe contractor shall accurately maintain an inventory and update the web-based inventory system on a weekly basis.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not keeping an accurate inventory. \nPass/Fail\n6\nThe contractor shall avoid contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPer each calendar month, no more than four document occurrences of contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPass/Fail","text":"2 | Page\n\nThis is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. It does not oblige the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to these sources sought must be in writing.\nThe purpose of these sources sought (36C26227Q0007) announcement is for market research used to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation on technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition.\nResponses: This notice shall include the following:\n(a) Company name\n(b) Address\n(c) Point of contact\n(d) Phone, fax, and email\n(e) UEI number\n(f) Cage Code\n(g) Tax ID Number\n(h) Type of small business, e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone and\n(i) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.\n\nThe Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) located at 3601 S. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 is seeking a potential qualified contractor that can provide Furniture Storage, Installation, and Electronic Inventory services for SAVAHCS.\nImportant information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to these sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 493190 ($36.5 million in average annual receipts).\nNotice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to barry.bland@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Dr. Barry Bland, Senior Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM CA (PST) on October 23, 2026.\n\nSTATEMENT OF WORK\n\nSOUTHERN ARIZONA VETERAN AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM\nPERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR\nASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND LABOR/INSTALLATION\n\n1. OBJECTIVE\nSouthern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) requires asset inventory management services and labor/installation. The contractor must have the capabilities to provide labor (technically trained personnel) for inventory data capture management, product handling inventory management of VA s multi-manufacturer complicated systems furniture and freestanding furniture and for installation throughout the facility. Knowledge of multi-manufacturer systems furniture (Haworth, Herman Miller, Knoll, Steelcase, etc.) with a minimum of 3 years experience of working with products is required.\n\n2. SCOPE OF WORK\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, equipment and trucks to provide and execute the pickup of complex furniture systems, moving of complex furniture systems, freestanding furniture, and the computer data management of these complex systems and furniture. The VA will supply the furniture systems and freestanding furniture to be picked up and inventoried at the vendor s inventory management center. The contractor shall provide furniture moving, installation, and storage services for SAVAHCS for the facilities listed below.\n\nMedical Centers:\nSAVAHCS 3601 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85723\n\nCommunity Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC):\nVA NW Clinic, 3920 W Linda Vista Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85742\nVA SE Clinic, 7395 S Houghton Rd, Ste. 129, Tucson, AZ 85747\nVA Casa Grande Clinic, 1876 E Sabin Dr. Ste 15 Bldg A, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nVA Green Valley Clinic, 380 W Vista Hermosa Dr., Ste 140, Green Valley, AZ 85614\nVA Safford Clinic, 355 N 8th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546\nVA Sierra Vista Clinic, 101 N Coronado Dr Ste. A, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\nVA Yuma Clinic, 3111 S 4th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364 (relocating in 2027) 11403 E. South Frontage Rd. Yuma, AZ 85365\nVA Ft. Huachuca Clinic, 2240 Winrow Rd, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 (resides on military installation)\n\nOther Locations:\nPinal County VA Clinic, 1179 E. Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nCochise County VA Clinic, 157 N. Coronado Dr., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\n\n3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE\nThis procurement shall be for a single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a period of performance from 31 December 2026 to 30 December 2031(estimated, finalized at time of contract award). Funds will be made via issuance of written, unilaterally signed task orders against the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. Only warranted VA contracting officers can issue task orders for services.\n\nOrdering Periods (estimated, finalized at time of contract award):\nBase Ordering Period: 12/31/2026 to 12/30/2027\nOrdering Period 1: 12/31/2027 to 12/30/2028\nOrdering Period 2: 12/31/2028 to 12/30/2029\nOrdering Period 3: 12/31/2029 to 12/30/2030\nOrdering Period 4: 12/31/2030 to 12/30/2031\n\nNormal Duty Hours: Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 3:00pm, Arizona Time, excluding Federal Holidays and any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday.\n\nOff Duty Hours: Monday through Friday 3:00pm to 6:30am, Arizona Time, and Saturdays and Sundays. There may be overtime or weekends where work is needed in this contract. The contractor shall be required to start urgent/off duty work within three hours of notification from the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Any exceptions require a Contracting Officer s (CO) approval.\n\nOff duty hours shall also include the following Federal Holidays:\nNew Year s Day (January 1)\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)\nPresident s Day (Third Monday in February)\nMemorial Day (Last Monday in May)\nJuneteenth Day (June 19)\nIndependence Day (July 4)\nLabor Day (First Monday in September)\nColumbus Day (Second Monday in October)\nVeterans Day (November 11)\nThanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)\nChristmas Day (December 25)\n\n4. CONTRACTOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS\nIt is the intent of these specifications to govern receiving furniture and furnishings, maintain a current inventory of existing furnishings, and perform moves to include:\nMoving furniture and belongings.\nDisassembly and assembly of furniture.\nRemoval, storage, inventory, and delivery of existing furniture.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for ensuring that its company and personnel maintain any generally required professional certification, accreditation license, bond, and proficiency relative to their area of expertise. The contractor shall retain documentation of such records. The Government will not pay expenses to meet this requirement. The contractor is responsible for ensuring staff are trained and certified for planning an installed product to maintain the integrity of the manufacturer s warranty. The contractor must have certification to provide installation services for the following manufacturers, at a minimum:\nHerman Miller\nSteelcase\nKnoll\nHaworth\nAllsteel\n\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supervision, and expertise required to receive, move, disassemble, and assemble furniture for SAVAHCS. The contractor will be responsible for installing wall mounted sit-stands and accessories to include literature racks, bullet boards, and marker boards in addition to systems furniture items. The placement of all walls mounted items shall be coordinated with the COR prior to installation.\n\nThe COR will provide the contractor with an electronic copy of the furniture component listings and installation drawings so the contractor can coordinate receiving, storage, and installation. The COR shall enter inventory orders to be delivered by the contractor in the contractor s inventory system and include these in the daily task lists.\n\nThe contractor shall assign a single point of contact that will consistently be a project manager as needed, manage the work performed under the contract and shall coordinate work with the other contractor personnel. The project manager shall have a cell phone with e-mail capabilities to simplify communication between the contractor personnel and VA personnel.\n\nThe contractor s project manager shall be responsible for providing the installation crew with copies of furniture component listing and installation drawings previously provided by the COR. The contractor s project manager shall coordinate sequencing and staging with the COR on larger projects.\n\nThe contractor s lead installer shall ensure that the job is completed and inspect the job site before notifying the COR that the work is complete. The lead installer must clearly communicate with VA personnel. The lead installer should be the same person for each VA project to the maximum extent practicable.\n\nThe contractor personnel shall be dressed professionally to include at a minimum attire such as the contractor s uniform or the contractor s company logo.\n\nOn average the contractor will be scheduled three days a week, but this will vary with workload. When called for projects, the contractor will be requested to work no less than four hours per call. The individual projects could extend several days depending on size of the project. When contacted to respond to an urgent move or installation request, the contractor must be available within two days of an urgent request.\n\nThe contractor shall provide cleaning services of product (ex: fabric panels) as needed/directed by VA staff.\n\nThe contractor shall also provide minor repairs to damaged furniture when possible. Examples of minor repairs include replacing a wheel on a chair, re-gluing castors, cuts to work surfaces around columns, re-edge banding, etc.\n\nThe contractor shall provide sufficient and consistent personnel and crews based on workload as required to accomplish assigned tasks in the time frame stated per the project timeline.\n\nThe contractor shall provide, operate, manage and maintain a trained, uniformed team of personnel to provide the services.\n\nThe contractor s personnel shall have the ability to meet and communicate with the general public; ability to physically perform the functions required in the performance of the assigned duties; ability to read English; understand and apply printed rules, detailed orders, instructions, and furniture drawing layouts. They shall also be familiar with a variety of commercial furniture product disassembly/assembly parts and components. able to.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for identifying when a project is complete, per plans and specifications, and reporting to the COR for inspection when required. The contractor is only to take instruction from the COR or VA CO during any assignment. The contractor shall notify the COR regarding any schedule implications (if work is taking longer or is completed quicker than scheduled), whether there are missing products, or if there is a warranty issue.\n\nIf electronic task list cannot be completed because of government delay, the contractor will notify the COR to reschedule.\n\nFurniture Inventory Software The contractor is responsible to input the existing inventory into a web-based solution (SnapTracker for example) that is accessible by VA staff. All data must be fully available to VA staff within thirty days after contract award. The contractor shall own and maintain the database throughout the life of the contract. At the end of the contract the contractor will provide a digital and printed copy of the inventory. Digital copy must be provided such that it is easily transferrable to another system.\n\n5. CONTRACTOR S STORAGE OR WAREHOUSE FACILITY\nThe contractor shall receive and store new furniture in their warehouse. The square footage of storage space required for new and existing furniture will vary between 5,500 square feet and 8,000 square feet. It is dependent on workload and timing of large projects. On average there is approximately 6,000 square feet of space required for storage at the contractor s warehouse.\n\nThe contractor shall store furniture inventory until installation of product is scheduled by the COR. The contractor will notify the COR upon receiving VA furniture to initiate receiving reports and schedule installation.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for unpacking and disposing of all packaging materials. All debris and rubbish not specified to become Government property shall be disposed of by the contractor off Government property. Disposal will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local hauling and disposal regulations. All items that can be recycled shall be recycled. The contractor shall leave workspaces clean and vacuum workspace, if necessary, after work is completed.\n\nThe contractor shall inventory all existing furniture that is stored in their warehouse annually and continually keep the inventory database up to date as items are added and removed from inventory. The inventory program shall be available on a website and shall always be accessible to both VA personnel and contractor personnel. The inventory shall include a naming convention assigned to each inventoried item, photograph(s) of each piece or type when quantities apply, a description, size (width x height x depth), quantity, manufacturer, model, number of finish specifications, and location stored in warehouse. The inventory shall be updated weekly to reflect accurate information. The categories for inventory shall be coordinated with the COR. The inventory system shall allow COR to create furniture orders from inventory to include delivery dates. The inventory will be recounted every year in January to ensure that all items are accounted for.\n\nThe contractor s storage or warehouse facility is required to be no more than fifty miles from the SAVAHCS at 3601 South 6th Ave, Tucson, Arizona 85723.\n\nThe contractor s warehouse must be able to receive product Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays), between 7:00am to 5:00pm Arizona Time.\n\nThe current VA contracted warehouse space is estimated at 6,200 square feet. The inventory includes systems, furniture components, filing cabinets, medical carts and tables. The inventory must be moved by the successor contractor to their facility and inventoried by them within thirty days after contract award.\n\n6. CONTRACT INVOICES\nThe services listed in the Price/Cost Schedule are lump sum requirements per hour. The prices include all labor, resources, and incidental/related services to provide the storage, moving, and installation services. There shall be no extra costs to the Government for services that are detailed and required of the contractor within this Statement of Work.\n\nThe contractor shall provide monthly invoices in arrears of services for all work performed in accordance with the line items of the contract. Invoices must be submitted to VA electronically via the Tungsten Network. Refer to VAAR Clause 852.232-72 for additional language.\n\nInvoices shall be submitted no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for tracking the hours for services provided. The contractor must submit an invoice with all hours completed the previous month, detailed per employee, project name where applicable, location of work performed, and project schedules.\n\nPrior to submitting an invoice for payment, the contractor must provide the following information to the COR for review and concurrence:\nAn Excel spreadsheet with separate costs per hour, rate, and totals for SAVAHCS and clinics; and lease facilities separately for each week of the month and the total cost for that month for all facilities combined.\nThe square footage of storage/warehouse space shall be determined precisely on the fifteenth day of each month. In other words, on the fifteenth day of each month, the square footage of space used to warehouse the VA s inventory shall be measured. That measurement shall be used to invoice the VA for the square footage of storage space for that month the measurement was taken.\nProvide all backup documents, to include the schedule from each day worked along with hours per task.\n\n7. SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS\nThe services in this contract may only be changed by written modification. The modification shall be bilateral and binding when signed by a VA Contracting Officer.\n\nThe services to be performed by the contractor shall be performed in accordance with VA policies and procedures of the VA facility. Under no circumstances will the contractor s employees be considered VA employees.\n\nThe contractor shall have insurance for general liability, worker s compensation, and vehicle insurance. The contractor shall furnish after contract award a certificate of insurance proving all required coverage has been obtained to the VA. The contractor is responsible for maintaining insurance coverage for the duration of the contract.\n\n8. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS\nPersonnel assigned by the contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be experienced in installing a variety of different manufacturers products, to include systems and furniture. The contractor s Project Manager and Lead Installer must have a minimum of two years of experience performing furniture and systems furniture installation services.\n\nAll certifications held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the COR. Each person assigned to work under this contract shall be certified and trained in furniture installation services and operation of any equipment used.\n\n9. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS\nAll contractor employees who require access to the Department of Veterans Affairs computer systems and/or sensitive information shall be the subject of a background investigation and must receive a favorable adjudication from the VA Office of Security, Information Security Officer and Law Enforcement prior to contract performance. This requirement is applicable to all subcontractor personnel requiring the same access.\n\nThe contractor shall be required to comply with all security policies/requirements. All security policies/requirements must be met, and employees cleared up prior to the contractor performing work under this contract. Employees that cannot meet the security and clearance requirements shall not be allowed to perform work under this contract.\n\nThe position sensitivity has been designated as low risk.\n\nThe level of background investigation commensurate with the required level of access is a low-level National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).\n\nEach contractor assigned work under the contract is required to annually receive and document completion of VA Privacy Awareness training. VA Privacy Training for Personnel without Access to VA Computer Systems or VA Sensitive Information. This TMS training course (VA20939) provides the mandatory yearly Privacy training requirement for any VA personnel such as volunteers or contractors without access to VA computer systems or VA sensitive Information. If employees have access to protected health information, whether paper or electronic, they must take Privacy and HIPAA Focused Training. You may use this print version for an employee to read. The supervisor, in turn, must enter the training into TMS.\n\nContractor Responsibilities:\nThe contractor shall ensure all personnel requiring access to the computer systems are able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.\nComplete the Fingerprint Request Form furnished by the VA after award.\nComplete the Background Investigation Request Worksheets furnished by the VA after award. The VA CO will send the documentation to the Veteran s Service Center to complete the fingerprint adjudication.\nThe contractor personnel will be required to complete an Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP).\nThe contractor, when notified of an unfavorable adjudication determination by the Government, shall withdraw he contactor s employee from working under the contract.\n\n10. QUALTIY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN\nThe monitoring of the contractor s performance shall be done by the COR. Incidents of contractor noncompliance, as evidenced by the monitoring procedures, shall be first discussed with the contractor by the VA Contract Specialist (CS). If no resolution can be found, incidents will then be forwarded to the VA CO for final resolution.\n\nThe Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) shall outline the evaluation criteria to ensure the contractor is aware of the quality and criteria required to meet the terms of the contract.\n\nThe COR shall assess the contractor s performance once per month and will provide a written assessment to the contractor and VA CS.\n\nThe evaluation criteria and standards are listed in the Services Summary section.\n\n11. SERVICES SUMMARY\n\nTASK #\nCRITERIA\nSTANDARD\nRATING\n1\nThe contractor shall provide a timely, within two days, response time for urgent or off duty work requested by VA.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not responding to urgent or off duty requests with two days notification by the COR or CO.\nPass/Fail\n2\nThe contractor shall provide the timely submission of complete and accurate invoices to VA no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor invoicing after the fourteenth calendar day after the end of a month.\nPass/Fail\n3\nThe contractor shall be required to thoroughly complete each project before notifying the COR that the project s work is complete. The contractor shall notify the COR of any variance to the schedule, including any work not completed and/or missing parts/components.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that a project is complete before project closes out. All punch list items and any other work must be complete before work is officially accepted by the COR.\nPass/Fail\n4\nThe contractor shall adhere to scheduled work times unless notified by the COR. The order of the schedule shall be followed unless approved by the COR.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that all scheduled work is completed by agreed upon schedule.\nPass/Fail\n5\nThe contractor shall accurately maintain an inventory and update the web-based inventory system on a weekly basis.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not keeping an accurate inventory.\nPass/Fail\n6\nThe contractor shall avoid contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPer each calendar month, no more than four document occurrences of contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPass/Fail","origin":"detail"},"notice_type":{"code":"r","label":"Sources Sought"},"schema_version":1,"solicitation_number":"36C26227Q0007","product_service_code":"S215"}],"due_at":"2026-10-23T17:00:00Z","due_date":"2026-10-23","closes_at":"2026-10-23T17:00:00Z","awardable":true,"dept_key":"d-036","dept_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","sub_key":"s-3600","sub_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","office_key":"o-36C262","office_name":"262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262)","state":"AZ","county":null,"county_name":null,"city":null,"city_name":null,"country":null,"state_source":"site","state_evidence":"K DESCRIBED BELOW. THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM","site_key":null,"winner_key":null,"amount":null,"linked_awards":0,"cancelled":false,"archived":true,"updated_at":"2026-10-29T05:12:36.558642Z","principal_notice_id":"1e4cf2871f874f408295df0f74ee76c6","description":{"text":"2 | Page\n\nThis is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. It does not oblige the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to these sources sought must be in writing.\nThe purpose of these sources sought (36C26227Q0007) announcement is for market research used to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation on technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition.\nResponses: This notice shall include the following:\n(a) Company name\n(b) Address\n(c) Point of contact\n(d) Phone, fax, and email\n(e) UEI number\n(f) Cage Code\n(g) Tax ID Number\n(h) Type of small business, e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone and\n(i) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.\n\nThe Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) located at 3601 S. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 is seeking a potential qualified contractor that can provide Furniture Storage, Installation, and Electronic Inventory services for SAVAHCS.\nImportant information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to these sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 493190 ($36.5 million in average annual receipts).\nNotice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to barry.bland@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Dr. Barry Bland, Senior Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM CA (PST) on October 23, 2026.\n\nSTATEMENT OF WORK\n\nSOUTHERN ARIZONA VETERAN AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM\nPERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR\nASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND LABOR/INSTALLATION\n\n1. OBJECTIVE\nSouthern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) requires asset inventory management services and labor/installation. The contractor must have the capabilities to provide labor (technically trained personnel) for inventory data capture management, product handling inventory management of VA s multi-manufacturer complicated systems furniture and freestanding furniture and for installation throughout the facility. Knowledge of multi-manufacturer systems furniture (Haworth, Herman Miller, Knoll, Steelcase, etc.) with a minimum of 3 years experience of working with products is required.\n\n2. SCOPE OF WORK\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, equipment and trucks to provide and execute the pickup of complex furniture systems, moving of complex furniture systems, freestanding furniture, and the computer data management of these complex systems and furniture. The VA will supply the furniture systems and freestanding furniture to be picked up and inventoried at the vendor s inventory management center. The contractor shall provide furniture moving, installation, and storage services for SAVAHCS for the facilities listed below.\n\nMedical Centers:\nSAVAHCS 3601 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85723\n\nCommunity Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC):\nVA NW Clinic, 3920 W Linda Vista Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85742\nVA SE Clinic, 7395 S Houghton Rd, Ste. 129, Tucson, AZ 85747\nVA Casa Grande Clinic, 1876 E Sabin Dr. Ste 15 Bldg A, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nVA Green Valley Clinic, 380 W Vista Hermosa Dr., Ste 140, Green Valley, AZ 85614\nVA Safford Clinic, 355 N 8th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546\nVA Sierra Vista Clinic, 101 N Coronado Dr Ste. A, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\nVA Yuma Clinic, 3111 S 4th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364 (relocating in 2027) 11403 E. South Frontage Rd. Yuma, AZ 85365\nVA Ft. Huachuca Clinic, 2240 Winrow Rd, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 (resides on military installation)\n\nOther Locations:\nPinal County VA Clinic, 1179 E. Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nCochise County VA Clinic, 157 N. Coronado Dr., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\n\n3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE\nThis procurement shall be for a single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a period of performance from 31 December 2026 to 30 December 2031(estimated, finalized at time of contract award). Funds will be made via issuance of written, unilaterally signed task orders against the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. Only warranted VA contracting officers can issue task orders for services.\n\nOrdering Periods (estimated, finalized at time of contract award):\nBase Ordering Period: 12/31/2026 to 12/30/2027\nOrdering Period 1: 12/31/2027 to 12/30/2028\nOrdering Period 2: 12/31/2028 to 12/30/2029\nOrdering Period 3: 12/31/2029 to 12/30/2030\nOrdering Period 4: 12/31/2030 to 12/30/2031\n\nNormal Duty Hours: Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 3:00pm, Arizona Time, excluding Federal Holidays and any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday.\n\nOff Duty Hours: Monday through Friday 3:00pm to 6:30am, Arizona Time, and Saturdays and Sundays. There may be overtime or weekends where work is needed in this contract. The contractor shall be required to start urgent/off duty work within three hours of notification from the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Any exceptions require a Contracting Officer s (CO) approval.\n\nOff duty hours shall also include the following Federal Holidays:\nNew Year s Day (January 1)\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)\nPresident s Day (Third Monday in February)\nMemorial Day (Last Monday in May)\nJuneteenth Day (June 19)\nIndependence Day (July 4)\nLabor Day (First Monday in September)\nColumbus Day (Second Monday in October)\nVeterans Day (November 11)\nThanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)\nChristmas Day (December 25)\n\n4. CONTRACTOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS\nIt is the intent of these specifications to govern receiving furniture and furnishings, maintain a current inventory of existing furnishings, and perform moves to include:\nMoving furniture and belongings.\nDisassembly and assembly of furniture.\nRemoval, storage, inventory, and delivery of existing furniture.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for ensuring that its company and personnel maintain any generally required professional certification, accreditation license, bond, and proficiency relative to their area of expertise. The contractor shall retain documentation of such records. The Government will not pay expenses to meet this requirement. The contractor is responsible for ensuring staff are trained and certified for planning an installed product to maintain the integrity of the manufacturer s warranty. The contractor must have certification to provide installation services for the following manufacturers, at a minimum:\nHerman Miller\nSteelcase\nKnoll\nHaworth\nAllsteel\n\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supervision, and expertise required to receive, move, disassemble, and assemble furniture for SAVAHCS. The contractor will be responsible for installing wall mounted sit-stands and accessories to include literature racks, bullet boards, and marker boards in addition to systems furniture items. The placement of all walls mounted items shall be coordinated with the COR prior to installation.\n\nThe COR will provide the contractor with an electronic copy of the furniture component listings and installation drawings so the contractor can coordinate receiving, storage, and installation. The COR shall enter inventory orders to be delivered by the contractor in the contractor s inventory system and include these in the daily task lists.\n\nThe contractor shall assign a single point of contact that will consistently be a project manager as needed, manage the work performed under the contract and shall coordinate work with the other contractor personnel. The project manager shall have a cell phone with e-mail capabilities to simplify communication between the contractor personnel and VA personnel.\n\nThe contractor s project manager shall be responsible for providing the installation crew with copies of furniture component listing and installation drawings previously provided by the COR. The contractor s project manager shall coordinate sequencing and staging with the COR on larger projects.\n\nThe contractor s lead installer shall ensure that the job is completed and inspect the job site before notifying the COR that the work is complete. The lead installer must clearly communicate with VA personnel. The lead installer should be the same person for each VA project to the maximum extent practicable.\n\nThe contractor personnel shall be dressed professionally to include at a minimum attire such as the contractor s uniform or the contractor s company logo.\n\nOn average the contractor will be scheduled three days a week, but this will vary with workload. When called for projects, the contractor will be requested to work no less than four hours per call. The individual projects could extend several days depending on size of the project. When contacted to respond to an urgent move or installation request, the contractor must be available within two days of an urgent request.\n\nThe contractor shall provide cleaning services of product (ex: fabric panels) as needed/directed by VA staff.\n\nThe contractor shall also provide minor repairs to damaged furniture when possible. Examples of minor repairs include replacing a wheel on a chair, re-gluing castors, cuts to work surfaces around columns, re-edge banding, etc.\n\nThe contractor shall provide sufficient and consistent personnel and crews based on workload as required to accomplish assigned tasks in the time frame stated per the project timeline.\n\nThe contractor shall provide, operate, manage and maintain a trained, uniformed team of personnel to provide the services.\n\nThe contractor s personnel shall have the ability to meet and communicate with the general public; ability to physically perform the functions required in the performance of the assigned duties; ability to read English; understand and apply printed rules, detailed orders, instructions, and furniture drawing layouts. They shall also be familiar with a variety of commercial furniture product disassembly/assembly parts and components. able to.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for identifying when a project is complete, per plans and specifications, and reporting to the COR for inspection when required. The contractor is only to take instruction from the COR or VA CO during any assignment. The contractor shall notify the COR regarding any schedule implications (if work is taking longer or is completed quicker than scheduled), whether there are missing products, or if there is a warranty issue.\n\nIf electronic task list cannot be completed because of government delay, the contractor will notify the COR to reschedule.\n\nFurniture Inventory Software The contractor is responsible to input the existing inventory into a web-based solution (SnapTracker for example) that is accessible by VA staff. All data must be fully available to VA staff within thirty days after contract award. The contractor shall own and maintain the database throughout the life of the contract. At the end of the contract the contractor will provide a digital and printed copy of the inventory. Digital copy must be provided such that it is easily transferrable to another system.\n\n5. CONTRACTOR S STORAGE OR WAREHOUSE FACILITY\nThe contractor shall receive and store new furniture in their warehouse. The square footage of storage space required for new and existing furniture will vary between 5,500 square feet and 8,000 square feet. It is dependent on workload and timing of large projects. On average there is approximately 6,000 square feet of space required for storage at the contractor s warehouse.\n\nThe contractor shall store furniture inventory until installation of product is scheduled by the COR. The contractor will notify the COR upon receiving VA furniture to initiate receiving reports and schedule installation.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for unpacking and disposing of all packaging materials. All debris and rubbish not specified to become Government property shall be disposed of by the contractor off Government property. Disposal will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local hauling and disposal regulations. All items that can be recycled shall be recycled. The contractor shall leave workspaces clean and vacuum workspace, if necessary, after work is completed.\n\nThe contractor shall inventory all existing furniture that is stored in their warehouse annually and continually keep the inventory database up to date as items are added and removed from inventory. The inventory program shall be available on a website and shall always be accessible to both VA personnel and contractor personnel. The inventory shall include a naming convention assigned to each inventoried item, photograph(s) of each piece or type when quantities apply, a description, size (width x height x depth), quantity, manufacturer, model, number of finish specifications, and location stored in warehouse. The inventory shall be updated weekly to reflect accurate information. The categories for inventory shall be coordinated with the COR. The inventory system shall allow COR to create furniture orders from inventory to include delivery dates. The inventory will be recounted every year in January to ensure that all items are accounted for.\n\nThe contractor s storage or warehouse facility is required to be no more than fifty miles from the SAVAHCS at 3601 South 6th Ave, Tucson, Arizona 85723.\n\nThe contractor s warehouse must be able to receive product Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays), between 7:00am to 5:00pm Arizona Time.\n\nThe current VA contracted warehouse space is estimated at 6,200 square feet. The inventory includes systems, furniture components, filing cabinets, medical carts and tables. The inventory must be moved by the successor contractor to their facility and inventoried by them within thirty days after contract award.\n\n6. CONTRACT INVOICES\nThe services listed in the Price/Cost Schedule are lump sum requirements per hour. The prices include all labor, resources, and incidental/related services to provide the storage, moving, and installation services. There shall be no extra costs to the Government for services that are detailed and required of the contractor within this Statement of Work.\n\nThe contractor shall provide monthly invoices in arrears of services for all work performed in accordance with the line items of the contract. Invoices must be submitted to VA electronically via the Tungsten Network. Refer to VAAR Clause 852.232-72 for additional language.\n\nInvoices shall be submitted no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for tracking the hours for services provided. The contractor must submit an invoice with all hours completed the previous month, detailed per employee, project name where applicable, location of work performed, and project schedules.\n\nPrior to submitting an invoice for payment, the contractor must provide the following information to the COR for review and concurrence:\nAn Excel spreadsheet with separate costs per hour, rate, and totals for SAVAHCS and clinics; and lease facilities separately for each week of the month and the total cost for that month for all facilities combined.\nThe square footage of storage/warehouse space shall be determined precisely on the fifteenth day of each month. In other words, on the fifteenth day of each month, the square footage of space used to warehouse the VA s inventory shall be measured. That measurement shall be used to invoice the VA for the square footage of storage space for that month the measurement was taken.\nProvide all backup documents, to include the schedule from each day worked along with hours per task.\n\n7. SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS\nThe services in this contract may only be changed by written modification. The modification shall be bilateral and binding when signed by a VA Contracting Officer.\n\nThe services to be performed by the contractor shall be performed in accordance with VA policies and procedures of the VA facility. Under no circumstances will the contractor s employees be considered VA employees.\n\nThe contractor shall have insurance for general liability, worker s compensation, and vehicle insurance. The contractor shall furnish after contract award a certificate of insurance proving all required coverage has been obtained to the VA. The contractor is responsible for maintaining insurance coverage for the duration of the contract.\n\n8. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS\nPersonnel assigned by the contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be experienced in installing a variety of different manufacturers products, to include systems and furniture. The contractor s Project Manager and Lead Installer must have a minimum of two years of experience performing furniture and systems furniture installation services.\n\nAll certifications held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the COR. Each person assigned to work under this contract shall be certified and trained in furniture installation services and operation of any equipment used.\n\n9. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS\nAll contractor employees who require access to the Department of Veterans Affairs computer systems and/or sensitive information shall be the subject of a background investigation and must receive a favorable adjudication from the VA Office of Security, Information Security Officer and Law Enforcement prior to contract performance. This requirement is applicable to all subcontractor personnel requiring the same access.\n\nThe contractor shall be required to comply with all security policies/requirements. All security policies/requirements must be met, and employees cleared up prior to the contractor performing work under this contract. Employees that cannot meet the security and clearance requirements shall not be allowed to perform work under this contract.\n\nThe position sensitivity has been designated as low risk.\n\nThe level of background investigation commensurate with the required level of access is a low-level National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).\n\nEach contractor assigned work under the contract is required to annually receive and document completion of VA Privacy Awareness training. VA Privacy Training for Personnel without Access to VA Computer Systems or VA Sensitive Information. This TMS training course (VA20939) provides the mandatory yearly Privacy training requirement for any VA personnel such as volunteers or contractors without access to VA computer systems or VA sensitive Information. If employees have access to protected health information, whether paper or electronic, they must take Privacy and HIPAA Focused Training. You may use this print version for an employee to read. The supervisor, in turn, must enter the training into TMS.\n\nContractor Responsibilities:\nThe contractor shall ensure all personnel requiring access to the computer systems are able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.\nComplete the Fingerprint Request Form furnished by the VA after award.\nComplete the Background Investigation Request Worksheets furnished by the VA after award. The VA CO will send the documentation to the Veteran s Service Center to complete the fingerprint adjudication.\nThe contractor personnel will be required to complete an Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP).\nThe contractor, when notified of an unfavorable adjudication determination by the Government, shall withdraw he contactor s employee from working under the contract.\n\n10. QUALTIY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN\nThe monitoring of the contractor s performance shall be done by the COR. Incidents of contractor noncompliance, as evidenced by the monitoring procedures, shall be first discussed with the contractor by the VA Contract Specialist (CS). If no resolution can be found, incidents will then be forwarded to the VA CO for final resolution.\n\nThe Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) shall outline the evaluation criteria to ensure the contractor is aware of the quality and criteria required to meet the terms of the contract.\n\nThe COR shall assess the contractor s performance once per month and will provide a written assessment to the contractor and VA CS.\n\nThe evaluation criteria and standards are listed in the Services Summary section.\n\n11. SERVICES SUMMARY\n\nTASK #\nCRITERIA\nSTANDARD\nRATING\n1\nThe contractor shall provide a timely, within two days, response time for urgent or off duty work requested by VA.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not responding to urgent or off duty requests with two days notification by the COR or CO.\nPass/Fail\n2\nThe contractor shall provide the timely submission of complete and accurate invoices to VA no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor invoicing after the fourteenth calendar day after the end of a month.\nPass/Fail\n3\nThe contractor shall be required to thoroughly complete each project before notifying the COR that the project s work is complete. The contractor shall notify the COR of any variance to the schedule, including any work not completed and/or missing parts/components.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that a project is complete before project closes out. All punch list items and any other work must be complete before work is officially accepted by the COR.\nPass/Fail\n4\nThe contractor shall adhere to scheduled work times unless notified by the COR. The order of the schedule shall be followed unless approved by the COR.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that all scheduled work is completed by agreed upon schedule.\nPass/Fail\n5\nThe contractor shall accurately maintain an inventory and update the web-based inventory system on a weekly basis.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not keeping an accurate inventory.\nPass/Fail\n6\nThe contractor shall avoid contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPer each calendar month, no more than four document occurrences of contractor-caused delays to project schedules.\nPass/Fail","html":"2 | Page\n\nThis is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes. It does not oblige the Government to award a contract.  Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to these sources sought must be in writing. \nThe purpose of these sources sought (36C26227Q0007) announcement is for market research used to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.  Documentation on technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition.  \nResponses: This notice shall include the following: \n(a) Company name \n(b) Address \n(c) Point of contact \n(d) Phone, fax, and email \n(e) UEI number \n(f) Cage Code \n(g) Tax ID Number \n(h) Type of small business, e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone and \n(i) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.\n\nThe Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) located at 3601 S. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 is seeking a potential qualified contractor that can provide Furniture Storage, Installation, and Electronic Inventory services for SAVAHCS.  \nImportant information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to these sources sought notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 493190 ($36.5 million in average annual receipts).  \nNotice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).  All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail to barry.bland@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Dr. Barry Bland, Senior Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM CA (PST) on October 23, 2026.  \n\nSTATEMENT OF WORK\n\nSOUTHERN ARIZONA VETERAN AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM\nPERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR\nASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND LABOR/INSTALLATION\n\n1. OBJECTIVE\nSouthern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) requires asset inventory management services and labor/installation.  The contractor must have the capabilities to provide labor (technically trained personnel) for inventory data capture management, product handling inventory management of VA s multi-manufacturer complicated systems furniture and freestanding furniture and for installation throughout the facility. Knowledge of multi-manufacturer systems furniture (Haworth, Herman Miller, Knoll, Steelcase, etc.) with a minimum of 3 years  experience of working with products is required.\n\n2. SCOPE OF WORK \nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, equipment and trucks to provide and execute the pickup of complex furniture systems, moving of complex furniture systems, freestanding furniture, and the computer data management of these complex systems and furniture.  The VA will supply the furniture systems and freestanding furniture to be picked up and inventoried at the vendor s inventory management center. The contractor shall provide furniture moving, installation, and storage services for SAVAHCS for the facilities listed below.  \n\nMedical Centers: \nSAVAHCS 3601 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85723\n\nCommunity Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC):\nVA NW Clinic, 3920 W Linda Vista Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85742\nVA SE Clinic, 7395 S Houghton Rd, Ste. 129, Tucson, AZ 85747\nVA Casa Grande Clinic, 1876 E Sabin Dr. Ste 15 Bldg A, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nVA Green Valley Clinic, 380 W Vista Hermosa Dr., Ste 140, Green Valley, AZ 85614\nVA Safford Clinic, 355 N 8th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546\nVA Sierra Vista Clinic, 101 N Coronado Dr Ste. A, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\nVA Yuma Clinic, 3111 S 4th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364 (relocating in 2027) 11403 E. South Frontage Rd. Yuma, AZ 85365\nVA Ft. Huachuca Clinic, 2240 Winrow Rd, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 (resides on military installation)\n\nOther Locations:\nPinal County VA Clinic, 1179 E. Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\nCochise County VA Clinic, 157 N. Coronado Dr., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (relocating in 2028)\n\n3. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE\nThis procurement shall be for a single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a period of performance from 31 December 2026 to 30 December 2031(estimated, finalized at time of contract award). Funds will be made via issuance of written, unilaterally signed task orders against the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. Only warranted VA contracting officers can issue task orders for services. \n\nOrdering Periods (estimated, finalized at time of contract award):\nBase Ordering Period: 12/31/2026 to 12/30/2027\nOrdering Period 1:       12/31/2027 to 12/30/2028\nOrdering Period 2:  12/31/2028 to 12/30/2029\nOrdering Period 3:  12/31/2029 to 12/30/2030\nOrdering Period 4:  12/31/2030 to 12/30/2031\n\nNormal Duty Hours: Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 3:00pm, Arizona Time, excluding Federal Holidays and any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday.  \n\nOff Duty Hours: Monday through Friday 3:00pm to 6:30am, Arizona Time, and Saturdays and Sundays. There may be overtime or weekends where work is needed in this contract.  The contractor shall be required to start urgent/off duty work within three hours of notification from the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Any exceptions require a Contracting Officer s (CO) approval. \n\nOff duty hours shall also include the following Federal Holidays:\nNew Year s Day (January 1)\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)\nPresident s Day (Third Monday in February)\nMemorial Day (Last Monday in May)\nJuneteenth Day (June 19)\nIndependence Day (July 4)\nLabor Day (First Monday in September) \nColumbus Day (Second Monday in October)\nVeterans Day (November 11)\nThanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November)\nChristmas Day (December 25)\n\n4. CONTRACTOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS\nIt is the intent of these specifications to govern receiving furniture and furnishings, maintain a current inventory of existing furnishings, and perform moves to include:\nMoving furniture and belongings.\nDisassembly and assembly of furniture.\nRemoval, storage, inventory, and delivery of existing furniture.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for ensuring that its company and personnel maintain any generally required professional certification, accreditation license, bond, and proficiency relative to their area of expertise. The contractor shall retain documentation of such records. The Government will not pay expenses to meet this requirement. The contractor is responsible for ensuring staff are trained and certified for planning an installed product to maintain the integrity of the manufacturer s warranty. The contractor must have certification to provide installation services for the following manufacturers, at a minimum:\nHerman Miller\nSteelcase\nKnoll \nHaworth\nAllsteel\n\nThe Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, supervision, and expertise required to receive, move, disassemble, and assemble furniture for SAVAHCS. The contractor will be responsible for installing wall mounted sit-stands and accessories to include literature racks, bullet boards, and marker boards in addition to systems furniture items. The placement of all walls mounted items shall be coordinated with the COR prior to installation. \n\nThe COR will provide the contractor with an electronic copy of the furniture component listings and installation drawings so the contractor can coordinate receiving, storage, and installation. The COR shall enter inventory orders to be delivered by the contractor in the contractor s inventory system and include these in the daily task lists.\n\nThe contractor shall assign a single point of contact that will consistently be a project manager as needed, manage the work performed under the contract and shall coordinate work with the other contractor personnel. The project manager shall have a cell phone with e-mail capabilities to simplify communication between the contractor personnel and VA personnel. \n\nThe contractor s project manager shall be responsible for providing the installation crew with copies of furniture component listing and installation drawings previously provided by the COR. The contractor s project manager shall coordinate sequencing and staging with the COR on larger projects. \n\nThe contractor s lead installer shall ensure that the job is completed and inspect the job site before notifying the COR that the work is complete. The lead installer must clearly communicate with VA personnel. The lead installer should be the same person for each VA project to the maximum extent practicable. \n\nThe contractor personnel shall be dressed professionally to include at a minimum attire such as the contractor s uniform or the contractor s company logo.\n\nOn average the contractor will be scheduled three days a week, but this will vary with workload. When called for projects, the contractor will be requested to work no less than four hours per call. The individual projects could extend several days depending on size of the project. When contacted to respond to an urgent move or installation request, the contractor must be available within two days of an urgent request. \n\nThe contractor shall provide cleaning services of product (ex: fabric panels) as needed/directed by VA staff.\n\nThe contractor shall also provide minor repairs to damaged furniture when possible. Examples of minor repairs include replacing a wheel on a chair, re-gluing castors, cuts to work surfaces around columns, re-edge banding, etc. \n\nThe contractor shall provide sufficient and consistent personnel and crews based on workload as required to accomplish assigned tasks in the time frame stated per the project timeline. \n\nThe contractor shall provide, operate, manage and maintain a trained, uniformed team of personnel to provide the services.\n\nThe contractor s personnel shall have the ability to meet and communicate with the general public; ability to physically perform the functions required in the performance of the assigned duties; ability to read English; understand and apply printed rules, detailed orders, instructions, and furniture drawing layouts. They shall also be familiar with a variety of commercial furniture product disassembly/assembly parts and components. able to.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for identifying when a project is complete, per plans and specifications, and reporting to the COR for inspection when required. The contractor is only to take instruction from the COR or VA CO during any assignment. The contractor shall notify the COR regarding any schedule implications (if work is taking longer or is completed quicker than scheduled), whether there are missing products, or if there is a warranty issue. \n\nIf electronic task list cannot be completed because of government delay, the contractor will notify the COR to reschedule.\n\nFurniture Inventory Software   The contractor is responsible to input the existing inventory into a web-based solution (SnapTracker for example) that is accessible by VA staff. All data must be fully available to VA staff within thirty days after contract award. The contractor shall own and maintain the database throughout the life of the contract. At the end of the contract the contractor will provide a digital and printed copy of the inventory. Digital copy must be provided such that it is easily transferrable to another system.\n\n5. CONTRACTOR S STORAGE OR WAREHOUSE FACILITY\nThe contractor shall receive and store new furniture in their warehouse. The square footage of storage space required for new and existing furniture will vary between 5,500 square feet and 8,000 square feet. It is dependent on workload and timing of large projects. On average there is approximately 6,000 square feet of space required for storage at the contractor s warehouse. \n\nThe contractor shall store furniture inventory until installation of product is scheduled by the COR. The contractor will notify the COR upon receiving VA furniture to initiate receiving reports and schedule installation. \n\nThe contractor is responsible for unpacking and disposing of all packaging materials. All debris and rubbish not specified to become Government property shall be disposed of by the contractor off Government property. Disposal will adhere to all applicable Federal, State and local hauling and disposal regulations. All items that can be recycled shall be recycled. The contractor shall leave workspaces clean and vacuum workspace, if necessary, after work is completed. \n\nThe contractor shall inventory all existing furniture that is stored in their warehouse annually and continually keep the inventory database up to date as items are added and removed from inventory. The inventory program shall be available on a website and shall always be accessible to both VA personnel and contractor personnel. The inventory shall include a naming convention assigned to each inventoried item, photograph(s) of each piece or type when quantities apply, a description, size (width x height x depth), quantity, manufacturer, model, number of finish specifications, and location stored in warehouse. The inventory shall be updated weekly to reflect accurate information. The categories for inventory shall be coordinated with the COR. The inventory system shall allow COR to create furniture orders from inventory to include delivery dates.  The inventory will be recounted every year in January to ensure that all items are accounted for.\n\nThe contractor s storage or warehouse facility is required to be no more than fifty miles from the SAVAHCS at 3601 South 6th Ave, Tucson, Arizona 85723.\n\nThe contractor s warehouse must be able to receive product Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays), between 7:00am to 5:00pm Arizona Time.\n\nThe current VA contracted warehouse space is estimated at 6,200 square feet. The inventory includes systems, furniture components, filing cabinets, medical carts and tables. The inventory must be moved by the successor contractor to their facility and inventoried by them within thirty days after contract award. \n\n6. CONTRACT INVOICES\nThe services listed in the Price/Cost Schedule are lump sum requirements per hour. The prices include all labor, resources, and incidental/related services to provide the storage, moving, and installation services. There shall be no extra costs to the Government for services that are detailed and required of the contractor within this Statement of Work. \n\nThe contractor shall provide monthly invoices in arrears of services for all work performed in accordance with the line items of the contract. Invoices must be submitted to VA electronically via the Tungsten Network. Refer to VAAR Clause 852.232-72 for additional language. \n\nInvoices shall be submitted no later than fourteen calendar days after the end of the month.\n\nThe contractor is responsible for tracking the hours for services provided. The contractor must submit an invoice with all hours completed the previous month, detailed per employee, project name where applicable, location of work performed, and project schedules.\n\nPrior to submitting an invoice for payment, the contractor must provide the following information to the COR for review and concurrence:\nAn Excel spreadsheet with separate costs per hour, rate, and totals for SAVAHCS and clinics; and lease facilities separately for each week of the month and the total cost for that month for all facilities combined.\nThe square footage of storage/warehouse space shall be determined precisely on the fifteenth day of each month. In other words, on the fifteenth day of each month, the square footage of space used to warehouse the VA s inventory shall be measured. That measurement shall be used to invoice the VA for the square footage of storage space for that month the measurement was taken.\nProvide all backup documents, to include the schedule from each day worked along with hours per task.\n\n7. SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS\nThe services in this contract may only be changed by written modification. The modification shall be bilateral and binding when signed by a VA Contracting Officer. \n\nThe services to be performed by the contractor shall be performed in accordance with VA policies and procedures of the VA facility. Under no circumstances will the contractor s employees be considered VA employees. \n\nThe contractor shall have insurance for general liability, worker s compensation, and vehicle insurance. The contractor shall furnish after contract award a certificate of insurance proving all required coverage has been obtained to the VA. The contractor is responsible for maintaining insurance coverage for the duration of the contract. \n\n8. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS\nPersonnel assigned by the contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall be experienced in installing a variety of different manufacturers  products, to include systems and furniture. The contractor s Project Manager and Lead Installer must have a minimum of two years of experience performing furniture and systems furniture installation services. \n\nAll certifications held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted. The qualifications of such personnel shall also be subject to review by the COR. Each person assigned to work under this contract shall be certified and trained in furniture installation services and operation of any equipment used. \n\n9. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS\nAll contractor employees who require access to the Department of Veterans Affairs computer systems and/or sensitive information shall be the subject of a background investigation and must receive a favorable adjudication from the VA Office of Security, Information Security Officer and Law Enforcement prior to contract performance. This requirement is applicable to all subcontractor personnel requiring the same access.\n\nThe contractor shall be required to comply with all security policies/requirements. All security policies/requirements must be met, and employees cleared up prior to the contractor performing work under this contract. Employees that cannot meet the security and clearance requirements shall not be allowed to perform work under this contract.\n\nThe position sensitivity has been designated as low risk.\n\nThe level of background investigation commensurate with the required level of access is a low-level National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).\n\nEach contractor assigned work under the contract is required to annually receive and document completion of VA Privacy Awareness training. VA Privacy Training for Personnel without Access to VA Computer Systems or VA Sensitive Information.  This TMS training course (VA20939) provides the mandatory yearly Privacy training requirement for any VA personnel such as volunteers or contractors without access to VA computer systems or VA sensitive Information.  If employees have access to protected health information, whether paper or electronic, they must take Privacy and HIPAA Focused Training.  You may use this print version for an employee to read. The supervisor, in turn, must enter the training into TMS. \n\nContractor Responsibilities:\nThe contractor shall ensure all personnel requiring access to the computer systems are able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.\nComplete the Fingerprint Request Form furnished by the VA after award. \nComplete the Background Investigation Request Worksheets furnished by the VA after award. The VA CO will send the documentation to the Veteran s Service Center to complete the fingerprint adjudication.\nThe contractor personnel will be required to complete an Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP).\nThe contractor, when notified of an unfavorable adjudication determination by the Government, shall withdraw he contactor s employee from working under the contract. \n\n10. QUALTIY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN\nThe monitoring of the contractor s performance shall be done by the COR. Incidents of contractor noncompliance, as evidenced by the monitoring procedures, shall be first discussed with the contractor by the VA Contract Specialist (CS). If no resolution can be found, incidents will then be forwarded to the VA CO for final resolution. \n\nThe Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) shall outline the evaluation criteria to ensure the contractor is aware of the quality and criteria required to meet the terms of the contract. \n\nThe COR shall assess the contractor s performance once per month and will provide a written assessment to the contractor and VA CS. \n\nThe evaluation criteria and standards are listed in the Services Summary section. \n\n11. 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The contractor shall notify the COR of any variance to the schedule, including any work not completed and/or missing parts/components.\nPer each calendar month, no more than two documented occurrences of the contractor not ensuring that a project is complete before project closes out. All punch list items and any other work must be complete before work is officially accepted by the COR.\nPass/Fail\n4\nThe contractor shall adhere to scheduled work times unless notified by the COR. 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