R499--Sources Sought - Minneapolis VA Medical Center - Pest Control Services

onstrued as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 561710, Exterminating and Pest Control Services, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of $17.5 Million. If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability and answers to all questions to: Alisha.Milander@va.gov on or before Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time. Please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond accurately to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. Failure to respond to the questions at all, or not respond to select individual questions, will result in your response being determined as non-responsive. 1.� Please provide all socio-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC. 2.� State whether the requested services may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g� Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.). 3.� State if subcontracting is contemplated for this requirement and what percentage of the work will be subcontracted and for what tasks. 4. Provide estimated lead time to deliver a fully functioning solution as described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below. 5. Complete the ITEM INFORMATION directly below this section for market research pricing for the services described in the Preliminary Statement of Work. ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 1.00 YR $___________ $___________ Pest Control Services (Regularly Occurring and Emergency) Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 12-01-2026 POP End: 11-30-2027 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 561710 - Exterminating and Pest Control Services PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: R499 - Support - Professional: Other *If applicable, VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Veteran Owned Small-Businesses or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small-Businesses.*� *If applicable, FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.*� DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought 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 Sources Sought. The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, October 22, 2026. Preliminary Statement of Work DESCRIPTION The Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System (MVAHCS) has a continued need for Integrated Pest Management Services (IPMS) that are a part of a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. 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 pest. Contractor provided IPMS will be utilized as stated within this Statement of Work. IPMS will be utilized in all grounds and buildings herein the MVAHCS. Integrated Pest Management Services: (IPMS) REQUIREMENTS The Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to accomplish the surveillance, trapping, treatment, pesticide application, and pest removal components of the IPM program. The Contractor shall provide detailed, site-specific recommendations for structural and procedural modifications to aid in pest prevention. The Contractor must meet the performance expectations of the client in eradicating and suppressing the following pests: Indoor population of rats, mice, wasps, cockroaches, ants, flies, spiders, and any other arthropod or common pest including bed bugs. Pests that are located outside of the specified buildings, but within the property boundaries of the buildings including: raccoons, snakes, woodchucks, turkeys, bees and bee hives, birds etc. Contractor must eradicate bed bug infestations by means of convection heat treatment method. No chemicals will be used to treat bed bugs within the Medical Center. Must be able to furnish and operate heat unit(s) and fan(s) equipment to raise room temperature above 120 degree Fahrenheit and hold temperatures at that rate for minimum of five hours. Must be able to provide same day heat treatment within four (4) hours of notification of positive bed bug sighting. Notification will be given during normal business hours 8:00 AM 4:30 PM Monday Friday. Must be able to treat a minimum of 2,000 sq. ft. in same day service. Provide monthly bed bug inspections via trained K9 to smell bed bugs, to routine areas of concern such as building #10, #73, 1P and any other identified areas of concern by the COR. Must be able to provide same day emergency pest control services within four (4) hours of notification by telephone or email. Notification will be given during normal business hours 8:00 AM 4:30 PM Monday Friday. Same day treatment includes: Bed bug inspection by Pest Technician and company owned K-9 Other pest emergencies as identified by COR Provide pigeon reduction/trapping services for Building #70 (Main building) Install/Furnish a minimum of eighteen Insect Light Traps (ITL) in locations denoted in Attachment A. Light trapping equipment must be offered in different sizes for different applications. All ITL must have COR approval before hanging. Large Dimensions: 53 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 5 5/8 or Equal Medium Dimensions: 28 x 10 ½ x 5 ¾ or Equal Small Dimensions 24 ½ x 9 ½ . Depth 6 1/8 to 1 5/8 of Equal. Contractor Provided Pest Sighting Log Book, to have items serviced at each date of service. Log book will be kept in Environmental Management Services (EMS) offices, BH-104, Research building #49, and maintained by EMS and Research