Asbestos Survey Services
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THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION.
Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Business Capability, including Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB) interested and capable of performing the work.
The NAICS for this requirement is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services.
Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice by providing the following information not later than 3:00 PM PST on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 via email to Jenny Peters at Jennelyn.Peters@va.gov:
(a) Company Name
Address
Point of contact
Phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact
DUNS number
Type of small business, if applicable, (e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business(SDVOSB), Veteran-owned small business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business).
GSA contract, if any
Subcontractor company name and address, if any
A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor specifically for the work described in paragraph 5 and the attached draft copy of the performance work statement. Respondents are also encouraged to provide specific examples (e.g. contract number, point of contact information) of the Contractor s experience providing the same or similar supplies/services to that described in paragraph 5.
SDVOSB/VOSB respondents.
If respondent is VOSB or SDVOSB, respondent is encouraged to provide proof of www.vetbiz.gov certification. In addition, SDVOSB/VOSB Contractors are asked to acknowledge that they understand the limitations on sub-contracting pursuant to FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Sub-Contracting, which will be included in the impending solicitation. Furthermore, SDVOSB/VOSB contractors are asked to respond that they are capable of providing the requested services keeping within the parameters of this clause.
Small businesses, including SDVOSB/VOSBS are also advised that per 13 CFR, B' 125.6 the prime contractor's limitations on subcontracting are as follows:
(1) General. In order to be awarded a full or partial small business set-aside contract with a value greater than $150,000, an 8(a) contract, an SDVOSB contract, a HUBZone contract, a WOSB or EDWOSB contract pursuant to part 127 of this chapter, a small business concern must agree that:
In the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to firms that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.
Scope of Work
The contractor shall furnish all qualified personnel, labor, facilities, supplies, equipment, transportation, supervision and other non-personal services necessary to provide a comprehensive asbestos survey services. The contractor shall perform work that is primarily in relation, but not limited to presumable asbestos containing material (PACM), asbestos construction containing material (ACCM), and asbestos containing material (ACM) related in nature. The contractor shall also provide services to include, but not limited to physical field investigations, bulk sampling composition and analytical data results, and identified locations of asbestos. See attached draft copy of the Performance Work Statement (PWS).
These services shall be performed at VA Long Beach Healthcare System, 5901 East 7th St. Long Beach, CA 90822. The period of performance is anticipated to begin on September 15, 2017 for a period of one (1) year.
Please note that if VA s pending market research establishes that two or more VOSB or SDVOSB, who are certified in VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) site https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/, can perform the services, VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. B'8127.
All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications.
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Jennelyn Peters
Jennelyn.Peters@va.gov
jennelyn.peters@va.gov
