Sources Sought - Water Testing - VA Black Hills Health Care System

The Black Hills Health Care System requires water testing services at both the Fort Meade and Hot Springs locations. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the services listed below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE.

This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Veteran Owned and other socio-economic categories of small business.

Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of $19 million. Please identify any of your firm s existing contract vehicles (e.g., GSA federal supply schedules) which provide similar supplies as those described in the Performance Work Statement below.

Please provide all socio-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC. If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability to:

Alisha.Milander@va.gov on or before 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday, January 22, 2024. See attached draft Performance Work Statement below for details of the requirement. *If applicable, FAR Provision 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.* *If applicable, 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Veteran Owned Small-Businesses.* DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation.

All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought. The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday, January 22, 2024.