J065--Histology Lab Equipment Maintenance Services in support of the Central Iowa VA Healthcare System

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{"description":"No phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.\nThis is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing Histology Lab Equipment Maintenance services per this notice under NAICS 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance Small business size standard is $34 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is J065 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment.)\n\nBACKGROUND:\nTHIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.\nFurther, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supply Services Team 3 is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers. \nRespondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. \nResponses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.\nOBJECTIVE:\nThe objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) sources, or any other Small Businesses capable of providing Histology Lab Equipment Maintenance Services for the Central Iowa VA Health Care System. \nDESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPLACES OF PERFORMANCE:\n \nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPOTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK:\n\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPOTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:\n\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\n\nSUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:\nResponses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Standard Time (CST), 10-31-2025 to:\nMarie Weathers\nContracting Officer\nE-mail: marie.weathers@va.gov\nOfferors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:\nName of offeror\nAddress of offeror\nUEI Number of offeror\nPoint of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror\nWhether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through Vet Biz at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ . \nWhether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, please provide GSA FSS contract number certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds\n\n"} Solicitation Number: 36C26326Q0073 Type: Sources Sought Base Type: Sources Sought NAICS: 811210 Classification Code: J065 Response Deadline: 2025-10-31T10:00:00-05:00 Office Address: Saint Paul, MN Place of Performance: Des Moines, Iowa, 50310 POC: Marie Weathers, marie.weathers@va.gov, 605-347-2511 {"description":"No phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.\nThis is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing Histology Lab Equipment Maintenance services per this notice under NAICS 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance Small business size standard is $34 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is J065 (Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment.)\n\nBACKGROUND:\nTHIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.\nFurther, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/ Supply Services Team 3 is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers. \nRespondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. \nResponses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.\nOBJECTIVE:\nThe objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) sources, or any other Small Businesses capable of providing Histology Lab Equipment Maintenance Services for the Central Iowa VA Health Care System. \nDESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPLACES OF PERFORMANCE:\n \nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPOTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK:\n\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\nPOTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:\n\nSee Attached Proposed Statement of Work. \n\n\nSUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:\nResponses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Standard Time (CST), 10-31-2025 to:\nMarie Weathers\nContracting Officer\nE-mail: marie.weathers@va.gov\nOfferors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:\nName of offeror\nAddress of offeror\nUEI Number of offeror\nPoint of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror\nWhether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through Vet Biz at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ . \nWhether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, please provide GSA FSS contract number certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds\n\n"}