The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement for the purpose of market research only. This notice is not a solicitation. Responses to this notice will not be evaluated for award and only to determine if there are any Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Hubzone Small Business, and Small Disadvantage Businesses (8(a)), that can provide Audiology Services in the Redding, CA area required by the VA Northern California Health Care System. Audiology services for veterans at the contractors facility. Services include assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with hearing impairment. The audiologist shall be responsible for scheduling, evaluating and treating patients referred within the VA health system; documenting in accordance with the VA site and department policy; and communicating results/recommendations and progress to patients, families, physicians, and other health care professionals involved in patient's care. At this point, only one known source (Redding Hearing Institute, Redding, CA) is capable of providing these services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern California Healthcare System. Award will be made to this firm noncompetitively in the absence of any other sources. However, any company that feels they can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer 7 days from the date of the publication of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. All interested contractors should notify this office in writing or via email by 3:30 PM Pacific Day Time on 31 July 2013. Submit response and information to: Nandini Johnson, VA Northern California Health Care System, 5342 Dudley Blvd Bldg. 98, McClellan Park, CA 95652 or
[email protected] . No formal solicitation exists at this time. The NAICS is 621340 and the size standard is $7.0 million. Potential sources who believe they can provide these services should contact the Contracting Officer by e-mail with a subject line of 'Audiology Services' at the e-mail address below no later than the response date shown in this announcement. DISCLAIMER This sources sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this sources sought notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly.