Title: Durable/ Home Medical Equipment/Accessories Services at Alexandria Veterans Health Care System (AVAHCS) 2495 Shreveport Highway, LA, 71360. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Galleria Financial Center, Suite 750, Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought/ Request for Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for Durable/ Home Medical Equipment/Accessories Services at Alexandria Veterans Health Care System (AVAHCS) 2495 Shreveport Highway, LA, 71360. Notice of Intent to Sole Source. If there are no responses to this notice, a determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government to sole source the requirement. No response is a response. Government request that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide the following: The Alexandria Veterans Health Care System, a VISN 16 VA Healthcare Network Medical Center has a requirement for Durable/ Home Medical Equipment/ Accessories (DME/HME) Services to provide all necessary labor, facilities, pick-up and delivery, set-up, disassembly, storage, repairs, and inventory management of VA owned equipment. Place of Performance: For this Performance Work Statement (PWS), the normal delivery or service area is considered to cover the counties/parishes serviced by the Alexandria Veterans Health Care System and its affiliated Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). Major sites with affiliated areas: Alexandria Veterans Health Care System (AVAHCS) 2495 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, La. 71360-4044 Community Base Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) Lafayette Campus B VA Clinic 309 Saint Julien Avenue, The Specialist Center, Suite 201 Lafayette, LA 70506-4655 Lafayette VA Clinic, 3149 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette, LA 70506-7209 Lake Charles VA Clinic Douglas Fournet Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic 3601 Gerstner Memorial Drive (LA Hwy-14) Lake Charles, LA 70607-3231 Fort Johnson VA Clinic, 3353 University Parkway, Leesville, LA 71446-9041 Jennings VA Clinic, 1907 Johnson Street, Jennings, LA 70546-3627 Natchitoches VA Clinic, 740 Keyser Avenue, Suite B Natchitoches, LA 71457-6043 Period of Performance: 5 Year IDIQ. Opportunity: NCO 16, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this requirement. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE and SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the AVAHCS in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by 06/12/2025 at 2:30 PM (CST) via email to t.miller@va.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted. Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible. This a New Requirement. The subject line shall read: 36C25625Q1034 - Sources Sought Durable Medical Equipment. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 6(a) - 6(c17). Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by AVAHCS as "market research" and will not be released outside of the AVAHCS Purchasing and Contract Team. This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ. Contact Information: Contracting Specialist, T Miller Email address: t.miller@va.gov THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. 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. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
