Page 2 of 2 No phone calls. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time. This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing an asbestos/hazard study for the VA Saint Cloud Health Care System per this notice under NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services). Small business size standard is $19 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is R499 (Support Professional: Other). BACKGROUND: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time. Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/Supplies/Services Team 2 is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers. Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), or any other small business concerns capable of providing an asbestos/hazard study the Saint Cloud VA Health Care System (STCVAHCS). DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE: The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System (STCVAHCS) requires an asbestos/hazard study for the Saint Cloud VA Campus located at 4801 Veterans Drive, Saint Cloud, MN 56303-2015 as per the attached proposed Statement of Work. PLACES OF PERFORMANCE: Saint Cloud VA Health Care System 4801 Veterans Drive Saint Cloud, MN 56303-2015 POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK: See attached proposed Statement of Work. POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE: See attached proposed Statement of Work SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES: Responses shall be sent via email only by 08:00am Central Time (CT), 08-07-2023 to: Jesse Sweesy Contracting Officer E-mail: jesse.sweesy@va.gov Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list: Name of offeror Address of offeror SAM EUI Number of offeror Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror Whether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB or other small business; small business certification will be verified through SBA. Whether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, please provide GSA FSS contract number If the CO receives two or more responses of capable small businesses the requirement will be set-aside for small business concerns (SDVOSB, VOSB, or small business as per responses received). If two or more responses are not received showing that offerors are capable of reasonably performing the services, the requirement will be solicited full and open competition. The Method of Contractor Selection has not been determined at this Time.