SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- R&D Support Laboratory Pigs
- Notice Date
- 2/7/2020 8:05:33 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22L (36C262) LONG BEACH CA 90815 USA
- ZIP Code
- 90815
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26220Q0384
- Response Due
- 2/14/2020 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 02/29/2020
- Point of Contact
- Peter Kim, Phone: 5627662203
- E-Mail Address
-
peter.kim33@va.gov
(peter.kim33@va.gov)
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.� It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract.� Responses to this sources sought notice must be in writing.� The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System located at 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA� 90073 is seeking a contractor to provide laboratory pigs, care and housing, veterinary assessments and assistance, medications, surgical fees, euthanasia, carcass disposal, and advanced cardiac imaging services to support a VA research project.� Specific requirements include ����� Laboratory animal facility capable of housing multiple swine for 2 weeks each ����� Certified and compliant with AALAC and USDA standards ����� 24-hour emergency veterinary availability ����� Full-size large animal operating room ����� Experienced in caring for the veterinary needs of swine ����� Experienced veterinary technicians to provide daily medications and assessments of post-operative pigs ����� Certified for Animal Biosafety Level 2 (ABSL-2) containment of pigs ����� Available for the PI (Dr. Kim-Lien Nguyen) to conduct pig surgeries and procedures, and in reasonable commute distance (20 miles) of VA Greater Los Angeles ����� In close proximity to advanced cardiac imaging with capability for swine. If you are interested and are capable of providing the required service(s) please provide the following information. (1)� Company Name, Address, Point of Contact (2) �Size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc. (3) �Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.� The small business threshold for this NAICS is $16.5 Million. (4) �Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number. (5) �If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract? (6) �Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes. (7) �Please submit a capability statement that addresses qualifications and verifies ability to perform work described above. The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought announcement. �This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. �The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued.� The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. �However, if there are insufficient Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business responses, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined.� No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to peter.kim33@va.gov .� Telephone responses will not be accepted.� Responses must be received no later than 2/14/2020 10:00 AM PST. After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, a solicitation may be published on the FedBizOpps or GSA eBuy websites.� Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation.� All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement.� Prospective bidders must be authorized re-sellers in order to participate in the solicitation process. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.� Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at www.vip.vetbiz.gov.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/843c6c2449e74545a62608bef346ce69/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
- Zip Code: 90073
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 90073
- Record
- SN05554962-F 20200209/200210120633 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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