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This is a Sources Sought Notice - The Department of Veterans Affairs - Network Contracting Office 8 is seeking information in response to this Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes only. Interested Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) small businesses, Section 8(a) business development program small business participants, Economically-Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB) and WOSBs, and other non-socioeconomic small business concerns who believe they possess the experience and qualifications to successfully perform the scope of work described below are encouraged to respond. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the work is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services with a small business size standard of $24.5 million. This project scope summary is found below: Description of the Statement of Work:

The contracted firm shall provide all tools, supplies, materials, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation and project management to develop and implement several elements of a comprehensive and standardized Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) program for the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8) consisting of 8 VA Medical Center campuses noted below. Elements shall include: Identify and inventory all equipment requiring a LOTO procedure; write LOTO procedures to comply with OSHA regulations; provide training to supervisors and employees, provide a electronic management system for management of the program and allows future changes, upgrades, additions, and deletions of equipment. SOW is also attached.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR OFFERS. This Source Sought Notice is solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Government. Responses to this notice are not considered offers, shall not be used as a proposal, and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kinds of offers will be considered in response to this notice. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists at this time and any resulting procurement action will be the subject of a separate, future announcement. /END OF NOTICE/