Radiation Equipment Testing FARGO VA & CBOC Must be within 4 Hours of Locations

No Phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time. This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing Courier Services per this notice under NAICS 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) Small business size standard is $19.5 Million. Product Service Code (PSC) is H999 (Other Quality Control, testing and Inspection Services: Miscellaneous)

BACKGROUND: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR)

PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.

Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supplies/Services Team 2 is not at this time seeking offers and will not accept unsolicited offers. Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), or any other small business sources capable of providing scope repair for the Fargo VA Health Care System.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE: The Department Of Veteran Affairs (VA), Fargo VA Health Care System is seeking a contractor to provide all necessary management, labor, equipment, transportation, and insurance to provide courier service to and from the Fargo VA Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).

The contractor shall provide a board Certified or board eligible Medical or Health Physicist to provide on-site annual, as needed, and performance evaluation/testing of imaging, medical equipment producing radiation (including dental), radiofrequencies and routine, emergency services for the Fargo VA Health Care System (FVHCS). The FVHCS includes Fargo Medical Center and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) which have imaging services.

The FVAHCS makes extensive use of ionizing radiation and radioisotope material in the diagnosis and treatment of disease in the veteran population. See Statement of Work for all details.

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE: Bemidji CBOC, 1217 Anne St., Bemidji, MN 56601 Bismark CBOC, 2700 State St., Bismarck, ND 58503 Fargo VA HCS, 2101 Elm St N, Fargo, ND 58102-2417 Grand Forks CBOC 3221 32nd Ave South, Suite 700 Grand Forks, ND 58201 POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK: See attached purposed statement of work.

POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE: See attached purposed statement of work SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES: Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Time (CT), 10-23-2023 to:

Alberta Mickells Contracting Officer E-mail: Alberta.Mickells@va.gov Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list: Name of offeror Address of offeror UEI SAM registration Number of offeror Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror Whether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB, or any other small business; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ Whether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, provide GSA FSS contract number certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds