J063--Physical Access Control (PACS) Preventative Maintenance

. The purpose of this announcement is to perform market research to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 561621, with a size standard 25 million dollars. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is seeking information and to identify any vendor capable of providing Physical Access Control System (PACS) Preventative Maintenance and support agreement. This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their capability and availability to provide the requirement described below. Vendors are encouraged to provide information relative to their capabilities to fulfill this requirement, in the form of a statement that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought. Information received from this Sources Sought shall be utilized to facilitate the Contracting Officer s review of the market base, for acquisition planning, size determination, and procurement strategy. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified or wish to provide information in response to this notice are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice / Request for Information by 10:00 PM EST, 25-Aug-2025. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice / Request for Information shall be emailed to Joshua.Gallien@va.gov with RFI, SAM, PACS 36C10D26Q0192 in the subject line. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Interested parties should complete the attached Worksheet. Parties may submit additional information related to their capabilities, provided it contains all the requirements contained in the Sources Sought Worksheet. Responses to this Sources Sought shall not exceed 8 pages. In addition, all submissions should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Attachment 1 Sources Sought Worksheet QUALIFICATION INFORMATION: Company / Institute Name: _______________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ________________________________________________________________ Point of Contact: _______________________________________________________________ E-mail Address: ________________________________________________________________ Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) #:� ___________________________________________________ CAGE Code: __________________________________________________________________ SAM Registered: (Y / N) Other available contract vehicles applicable to this sources sought (GSA/FSS/NASA SEWP/ETC): __________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: Verified SDVOSB: (Y / N) Verified VOSB: (Y / N) 8(a): (Y / N) HUBZone: (Y / N) Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business: (Y / N) Women-Owned Small Business: (Y / N) Small Business: (Y / N) NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status shall be registered and verified in the SBA Registry https://search.certifications.sba.gov/?CFID=4566&CFTOKEN=ab97b84e69c54e36-8499F018-B2BC-7203-D072223AADD0D8EE . BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION NOTICE / MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SDVOSB, VOSB, SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: Provide a brief capability and interest in providing the services as outline in the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (Attachment 2) with enough information to determine if your company can meet the requirement. The capabilities statement for this Sources Sought is not a Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal, or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach, but rather the Government is requesting a short statement regarding the company s ability to provide the services to the outlined equipment. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the capabilities statement. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Please respond to the following: Please Provide Evidence of being an approved reseller / servicer of Lenel Systems. Would it be your intent to self-perform services or would you intend on using sub-contractors if an award was made? Please also provide any feedback you may have in response to the Statement of Work example: suggestions to make the document clearer, additional information needed, or any other suggestions you may have. If this requirement were to move to a solicitation phase would a site visit be needed? Attachment 2 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) Physical Access Control System (PACS) Preventative Maintenance SCOPE: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, material, supervision, and quality control necessary to perform preventative maintenance, inspections and updates/upgrades to the Physical Access Control System (PACS) equipment at the Department of Veterans Affairs, (Veterans Benefits Administration Boston Regional Office PLACE OF PERFORMANCE / HOURS OF OPERATION: JFK Federal Building 15 New Sudbury St Boston, MA 02203 Normal Business Hours are Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm EST Work at the site will not take place on Federal Holidays or weekends. If a Federal Holiday falls on a day scheduled for services, the services will resume the next official workday between the scheduled hours. Contractor shall contact the facility Point of Contract (POC) at least one hour prior to arrival at the station by calling the POC s direct extension. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance shall be one (1) base year (12 months) with four (4) potential (1) option years to be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Government Furnished Equipment: N/A Definitions: 5.1 Business days Monday through Friday excluding Federal Holidays POST AWARD MEETINGS / PROGRESS MEETINGS: The contractor shall attend (virtually) any post award meetings convened by the Contracting Officer (CO), Contract Specialist (CS) or facility POC. Meetings shall discuss contract performance, lessons learned, issues identified or any other topic deemed necessary by the Government. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS: The contractor or subcontractor shall be an approved reseller and manufacturer-authorized technician for Lenel for the duration of the contract term. PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE: The Government has the following active software maintenance agreements / software support agreements / licensing subscriptions / firmware entitlement programs during contract transition. The Contractor shall provide services required under this contract within normal business hours except on recognized federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local/national emergencies, administrative closures, or similar Government directed facility closings. The first inspection shal