J039 -- Urgent Elevator Replacement Buildings 6 and 53 Project No . 561A4 - 25 - 500 at VA NJ Healthcare System Lyons Campus

2026-11-03

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office ( NCO ) 2 is issuing this Sources Sought Notice ( SSN ) to survey the market and identify capable contractors with the resources to self - perform the requirement to replace several elevators in two buildings on the VA New Jersey Healthcare System Lyons Campus . The work also calls for the upgrade and modernize the elevators in two patient buildings . The result of this market research will contribute to determining the procurement strategy . The applicable North American Industry Classification System ( NAICS ) code assigned to this procurement is 238290 for Other Building Equipment Contractors . THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL . RATHER , IT IS A REQUEST FOR CAPABILITY STATEMENTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY USE TO DETERMINE INTEREST , CAPABILITY , AS WELL AS AVAILABILITY TO COMPETE AND SELF - PERFORM THE REQUIRED WORK . THE GOVERNMENT ASSUMES NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED IN THE PREPARATION OF A RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST . THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT . Interested parties should include the following information in their response package : Organization names , address , point of contact , email address , web site address , and telephone number as well as the System for Award Management ( SAM ) Unique Entity ID ( UEI ) number . Business size : serviced - disabled veteran - owned small business ( SDVOSB ), veteran owned small business ( VOSB ), small , large business , etc . Business type under NAICS 238290 , which contains a size standard of $ 22 Million . Capability statements with recent and relevant projects that they have completed or currently working on similar or same requirements particular to this effort , with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability . Responses to this sources sought notice shall not exceed five ( 5 ) pages and should include all the foremost mentioned information . In addition , all submissions should be provided electronically in an Adobe Portable Document Format ( PDF ). The government will evaluate market information to determine potential market capacity to : Support one of the veteran - owned - small - business set aside pursuant to the VA Rule of Two prescribed in 38 U . S . C . 8127 ( d ) is feasible or an alternative procurement strategy is appropriate . Prospective contractors are capable of self - performing the replacement of passenger and service elevators . Provide services under a firm - fixed - price contract . Interested SDVOSB and VOSB companies shall be registered and certified as such through the Small Business Administration ( SBA ) Small Business Search ( SBS ) website at https :// search . certifications . sba . gov / as well as in the System for Award Management ( SAM ) as prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 52 . 232 - 33 Based on the responses to this market survey , this requirement may be set - aside for SDVOSBs , VOSBs , small businesses , or procured through full and open competition . Submission Instructions : Interested parties who consider themselves capable of meeting or exceeding the services are invited to submit a response to this notice by 4 : 00 PM EST , April 10 , 2026 . All responses shall be emailed to Mitchelle . Labady @ va . gov . Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged , and no debriefs or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions . Important Notes . Any organization responding to this notice should not submit a boilerplate marketing brochure instead complete a tailored their response sufficiently detailed with the organization s qualifications to perform the required work to facilitate the government s evaluation and determination of their capability . The government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate . Respondents are advised that the government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted . Following the review of all eligible responses and determination of the best supported procurement strategy , the Contracting Officer will post an official solicitation . The government reserves the right to use any non - proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation ( s ).

New Jersey

2026-04-29