Active

Contract Opportunity

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) are an official government contracting resource for small businesses. Find your local PTAC (opens in new window) for free government expertise related to contract opportunities.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6)
Sources Sought 36C24623Q0195
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. Additionally, the Government reserves the right
to revise the Statement of Work and other contract requirements, before the release of any
associated solicitation. This notice is not a Request for Proposals (RFP). Information provided in
this notice is subject to change prior to release of a solicitation.

OVERVIEW

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6 is conducting market
research to identify potential sources for Cable/Wi-Fi Contract to support for the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Hospital. This Sources Sought Notice is not a formal request for proposals or quotes. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their response to this notice. See the attached Statement of Work.

SCOPE OF WORK

Vendor to provide firm fixed pricing for Fiber Connect+ cable and managed Wi-Fi, as well as maintenance of all infrastructure and equipment at the Fayetteville, North Carolina VA Medical Center, as detailed in attached Statement of Work.

SMALL BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

For market research purposes, all responses to this notice will be reviewed, regardless of small
business/socioeconomic category, including those firms that are identified as large businesses.
Review of responses to this notice will support later determination of set-aside requirements if a
solicitation becomes available, where the rule of two is met regarding a set-aside, including set
asides under 38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128 for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses
(SDVOSB) and/or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) firms registered in the Vendor
Information Pages (VIP) database, in accordance with priorities set by regulation.

This potential requirement may be for a base period of one year (1) and four-year (4) option.
The applicable NAICS Code is 515210(Cable and Other Subscription Programming). The corresponding Product Service Code is DG10 (IT and Telcom Network as Service).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING:
Interested companies can respond, via email, to Deshaura.adams@va.gov, with the following
information:

(1.) Company Point of Contact, including name, title, phone number and email address. (2.)
Company name, DUNS number, small business/socioeconomic status of the company, and
address of the applicable office.

Additional information may be requested by the Contracting Specialist at a later time.

POINT OF CONTACT:
DeShaura Adams
Contract Specialist
Services Team 3
Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6
Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Deshaura.adams@va.gov

DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES: This notice will close on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 3:30 PM
Eastern Time.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY

1. A potential source, for the purposes of this notice, is considered to be any company
meeting the following requirements. Some of the below requirements may be modified
prior to release of any solicitation. 1. The potential source does not merely subcontract
the preventive maintenance services and acts solely as prime contractor to provide all services
directly to its customers and/or the Veterans Health Administration. The potential source holds all licenses/certifications and insurance required by the State ofNorth Carolina. The potential source directly owns and controls all equipment, facilities, management, financial means, and other items necessary to directly perform the required
services.

2. The potential source is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database
at https://www.sam.gov, as whichever entity/office that would receive award in the event
of a solicitation.

3. The potential source is registered in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database at
http://www.va.gov/osdbu, if applicable. (This is only applicable to firms meeting Small
Business Administration (SBA) and VA requirements for Service-Disabled Veteran-
Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) programs.)

4. The potential source has completed submission of the current cycle, for calendar year
2017, VETS-4212 Report at http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm (Only
applicable where the potential source has held federal contracts in the amount of
$150,000.00 or more, performed during the current cycle).

5. The potential source has favorable (satisfactory) past performance information for federal
contracts, as documented in Government databases, including the Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) and Past Performance
Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), where applicable. Were performance ratings less
than satisfactory have been identified, the circumstances of those ratings may be
requested during discussions, or the offeror may be eliminated from the competition

Attachments/Links