SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT Posting Date: August 30, 2017 Type: Sources Sought Agency/Office: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network 10 Contracting Office Title: VISN 10 Eyeglass Dispensary Services Classification Code: Q512- Medical- Optometry NAICS Code: North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 44- Retail Trade, Subsector 446- Health and Personal Care Stores, 446130- Optical Goods Stores will be used for this acquisition. This NAICS Code has a small business size standard of $20.5 million in average annual receipts. Response Date: September 6, 2017 5:00 PM EST Description This is a Sources Sought Announcement. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to obtain knowledge and information for acquisition planning purposes. Attached to this email is a draft Statement of Work for a requirement in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 10) for eyeglass dispensing services. As part of the market research phase of our acquisition process, I am reaching out to you individually for the following reasons: 1) notify you of the potential requirement, and 2) identify interested vendors. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this email is to obtain knowledge and information for acquisition planning purposes. Information Requested Vendors interested in this notification may provide a response that includes information on your firm s capability to provide the required services, as written in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work. Please also provide your firm s DUNS number, organization name, address, business size and type as validated via the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) (e.g., 8(a), WOSB, VOSB, SDVOB, or HUBZone small business) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code. Respondent s points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Please note the DRAFT Statement of Work attached to this announcement is not in its final form. The Government reserves the right, through internal acquisition procedures prior to the release of the formal Request for Quotes (RFQ), revise the Statement of Work to better reflect the Government s requirements. Instructions for Submittal Written responses shall be provided electronically, by 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 6, 2017. The subject line of the e-mail message shall read: VISN 10 Eyeglass Dispensing Services Sources Sought Response and shall be addressed to the attention of Jared Tritle and emailed to
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