This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.  This notice is a market survey and is for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes.  No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice.   THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE.  The VA NCO 15 Contracting Center has been tasked to solicit for and award Acute Hemodialysis Services for the Wichita VAMC, Wichita, KS.  Potential sources are responsible for the complete performance of the technical aspects of Hemodialysis Services. This includes providing the dialysis system, personnel, on continuous stand-by call coverage, equipment, supplies and maintenance of the VAMC’s water treatment system per the PWS.  The contract provider will be expected to follow the rules and regulation of the VA to include utilizing the VA computer patient record system (CPRS) for documentation of medical care provided to patients. No solicitation is currently available at this time.  The proposed project is anticipated to be a firm, fixed-price requirement. The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon the responses to this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow up information requested.  The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Business Community to include Small Business or Large Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), HUBZONE, 8(a), etc., to complete and perform a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.  After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement a synopsis and/or solicitation announcement may be published at a later time. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors. 

The duration of the requirement is for a base period (start TBD and end TBD) with four each one-year option periods.  The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this acquisition is 621492.  The Small Business Size Standard for this acquisition is $41.5M.

Please limit your response to this synopsis to five pages and please include the following information:

• Your company’s name, addresses, point of contact, phone number, and email address.
• Your company’s interest in submitting a proposal on the solicitation when it is issued.
• Your company’s capability to meet the requirements.
• Your company’s capability to perform a contract of this type and comparable work performed within the past three years to include a brief description of the project, customer’s name, phone number and address, period of performance, and dollar value of the project.
• Your company’s Business Size (Large or Small) and Socioeconomic Status (Veteran Owned, SDVOSB, HUBZONE, 8(a), etc.).
• Your company’s Joint Venture information (if applicable and include copy of agreement) – existing and potential

Please provide a capability statement addressing your organization’s ability to perform as a prime contractor the work described in the draft PWS (below). Index your firm’s capabilities to the tasks in the draft PWS so that your firm’s capabilities can be readily assessed. This is not a request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract.

Interested companies are asked to respond to this Sources Sought Notice no-later-than 4:00 PM (CST) on June 29, 2020.  All interested companies must be registered in SAM (http://www.sam.gov/) to be eligible for award of government contracts.  Please mail, fax or email your response to: Colleen Donahue-MacDonald NCO 15 Contracting Office, 3450 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS; 60048, Email Address:  [email protected] , Fax No. (913) 946-1198.  Please reference the following in the subject line of all correspondence submitted:  Onsite Acute Chronic Hemodialysis.  Note:  Email is the preferred method when receiving responses to this notice.