DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Network Contracting Office 7 (NCO 7) Sources Sought 36C24723Q0169

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Network Contracting Office 7 (NCO 7) Sources Sought 36C24723Q0169.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 7 is conducting market research to identify potential sources for Musician/Cantor Services for the Charlie Norwood VA in Augusta, GA. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their response to this notice.SCOPE OF WORK: The contractor must be able to play the government provided electric

piano, providing spiritual music and cantor abilities for weekly worship services. Please see the attached Statement of Work for details on this requirement.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.NAICS CODE: 711130 (Musical Groups & Artists)PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): R497 (Support Professional-Personal Services)INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING: Interested companies can respond, via email, to jeremy.calligan@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. (3.) Accord Certification of Insurance Additional information may be requested by the Contracting Officer at a later time.POINT OF CONTACT: Jeremy Calligan, Contract Specialist - Network Contracting Office (NCO) 7 Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.DUE DATE FOR RESPONSES: This notice will close on Wednesday December 07, 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY: 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 services and acts solely as prime contractor to provide all services directly to its customers and/or the Veterans Health Administration. 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. Where 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.