F105--Sources Sought -Pest Control Services

This is a Sources Sought Notice and this notice is being issued for market research purposes only. This notice is not a Request for Quotation or Proposal (RFQ/RFP) and a solicitation is not being issued at this time. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition methodology. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Responses to the information requested may assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition methodology. The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (NCO 12), Department of Veterans Affairs, is seeking information from sources capable of providing biological Pest Control services at the following location: Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center Department of Veteran Affairs 325 East H Street Iron Mountain MI, 49801 The Government requests that interested parties submit a brief overview of their firm s capabilities -submit a statement of capability outlining their firm s capabilities related to this requirements stated below, and past experience with projects similar in scope to this project. All information shall be submitted in MS Word or Adobe PDF format and shall not exceed 10 pages, including all attachments. Each party s submission shall also include the following information: Organization Name Organization Address Point-of-Contact (including name, title, address, telephone number, and email address) DUNS Number Business Size (i.e. annual revenues and employee size) Socio-Economic Status (i.e.. small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, etc.) NAICS Code GSA Contract Number Any other pertinent information Requirements: The Contractor shall provide all management, licenses, laboratory testing, tools, supplies, equipment, transportation and labor to develop and implement an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan for all buildings located on the campus of The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, 325 East H Street, Iron Mountain, MI 49801 in a manner that will ensure the health and general wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors. IPM is a process for achieving long term, environmentally sound pest suppression through the use of a wide variety of technological and management practices. Control strategies in an IPM Program extend beyond the application of pesticides to include structural and procedural modifications that reduce the food, water, harborage, and access used by pests. The following types of pests are common on this campus, and their abatement should be specifically addressed in the IPM and used to determine workload: ANTS, ARACHNIDS, ROACHES, BEDBUGS, WATERBUGS, SILVERFISH, BEETLES, FLEAS, MOSQUITOES, CHIGGERS, FLIES, MOTHS, LICE OR OTHER INSECTS: MICE, GOPHERS, RATS, SKUNKS AND OTHER RODENTS. It shall be the Contractor s responsibility to remove and properly dispose of bee and wasp nests as well as providing an adequate number (to control any problems) of devices used to attract and electrocute flying insects that are attracted by light (as well as other flying insects). The response date to this Sources Sought Notice is December 29th at 12:00p.m. Central. Electronic submissions may be submitted via email to Aaron Rogers at aaron.rogers1@va.gov