THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.   No Solicitation is currently available.  All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.  The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561621, Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths), size standard is $25M.  Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM. DESCRIPTION OF WORK  1. General:   The Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, material, parts necessary to provide testing, maintenance and repair/correction of fire alarms and suppression systems at the Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Livermore Divisions, including VA in Mountain View, all VA Residential and Transition Home units in Menlo Park inspection and testing only of fire protection systems at the facilities in accordance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code , NFPA-72 National Fire Alarm Code , NFPA- 99 Health Care Facilities , and NFPA-25, Standard for Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-based Fire Protection Systems and The Joint Commission accreditation standards for hospitals. The total number of devices is approximately 12,000.  2. Description of Services: The Contractor shall be required to provide a 24-hour/7 days per week emergency service coverage with a maximum on-site response time of 4 hours. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide unlimited service(repair) calls. If technical personnel do not answer the Contractor s telephones, a technical maintenance representative shall respond by telephone to the COR or designated representative within one hour of a service call from the COR or designated representative. The COR shall provide a list of individuals authorized to make calls for service  The Government requests that interested parties provide the following capability information to the Contract Specialist, Jill Williams by e-mail at jill.williams@va.gov by 11:00am PST 08/15/2025: (a) Business Size (Large/Small) (b) Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) (c) SAM record (d) Ability and experience with similar projects.  The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision.   This Sources Sought is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and no contract will be awarded as a direct result of this Sources Sought announcement.  Â
