This is a Request for Information Only; it is not a request for quotations or offers. Network-9 Contracting Office on behalf of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Corner of Lamont & Veterans Way, Mountain Home, Tennessee, has developed this Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice to solicit market research information from industry to assist the Government with analysis of a Government requirement and provide commercial insight on performance-based solutions, best practices, possible contractual arrangements, and potential issues. This RFI is to determine the availability of Small Business (preferably Service-Disabled and/or Veteran-Owned Owned) entities within the Mountain Home area. This is a Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NCO 9 Network Contracting Office, on behalf of the MT Home VA Medical Center is conducting market research through this Source Sought Notice to seek sources to identify potential experienced businesses that are capable of meeting the requirements per the Statement of Work (SOW) below Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. NAICS code:541380 and size standard is $15 M. NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB/VOSB or Small Business status must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry www.vetbiz.gov or DSBA https://web.sba.gov/pro-net/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm. STATEMENT OF WORK: This is a summary of the Statement of Work. The Contractor shall perform certain environmental monitoring tests on water and dialysate specimens provided by the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee. Those tests shall be performed in an environmental laboratory certified by the National Environmental laboratory Program (NELAP), or equivalent, to the standards detailed in ANSI/AAMI/ISO Publication 23500:2011 and the results shall be reported referenced to those standards. Based on current testing rates: Per procedure (test performed) a minimum of 12 testing events per year, and a maximum of 20 test events per year. The quality of the dialysis water shall be verified by testing of specimens obtained by the VAMC Dialysis Unit staff and shipped to the Contractor s environmental laboratory using sampling/shipping containers provided by the Contractor in accordance with ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 11663-2009, ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 23500-2011, and ANSI/AAMI/ISO Standard 13959-2009, and no prior standards. Microbiological requirements-Reporting of Total viable microbial counts in dialysis water after testing using culturing techniques according to the above-specified standards shall be reported using a maximum allowable level of less than 100 CFU/ml, or lower if required by national legislation or regulations. The reporting action level shall be 50% of the maximum allowable level. Reporting of Endotoxin content in dialysis water shall be in accordance with the limits set in the above-specified standards and shall be such that detection of less than the maximum allowable level of 0.25 EUml is possible, or lower if required by national legislation or regulations. Reporting sensitivity shall be such that an action level of 50% of the maximum level can be identified and reported. The results will be made available to the VA within 72 hours. The anticipated period of performance: Base Year Plus 4 years: Start 05/01/2020-05/03/2025 Description Base Period (12 Months) Option Period 1 (12 Months) Option Period 2 (12 Months) Option Period 3 (12 Months) Option Period 4 (12 Months) Other important considerations: Cite any other information that is necessary for potential respondents to understand the nature of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition. Capability statement /information sought: Response to this announcement shall not to exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm s ability to provide a product and related services; (2) The respondent's DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., SDVOSB/VOSB, etc,) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Please email your response with the above information to
[email protected] or fax to (615) 849-3769 with the subject line "Sources Sought Notice # 36C24920Q0119 by 11:00 a.m. on (03/06/2020). Any questions should be emailed to
[email protected]. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this Notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s) .