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THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND OTHER MARKET INFORMATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED UNDER THIS RFI IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) FAR 15.201(e). 1. Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Businesses, including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB), who are interested in submitting proposals for this procurement and who are capable of performing the work required for this procurement. 2. The NAICS for this requirement is 621511 Medical Laboratories 3. The Contractor shall provide all reference lab testing services for the test menu listed in Attachment A for the Phoenix VA Healthcare System located in Phoenix, Arizona. The required reference lab testing services (including supplies and packaging, testing, transportation, reports) include all of the test menu requirements identified in the spreadsheet (Attachment A) and all of the associated services identified in the DRAFT Statement of Work (Attachment B) attached to this Sources Sought Announcement. 4. Interested and capable Contractors are encouraged to respond to this notice not later than Tuesday, April 14th, 2026, at 08:00 AM PDT, by providing the following information via email only to Clift.Domen@va.gov: Company name Address Point of contact Phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact Contractor s Unique Entity ID (SAM) number Contractor s small business type, if applicable, (e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Woman Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business). Statement indicating whether the Contractor is considered to be small under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI. Completed Attachment A providing the information requested in the spreadsheet for each laboratory test listed in Attachment A. NOTE: The information requested above is required for the Government to evaluate whether there are sufficient small business concerns of a particular type who are capable of performing the work required by this procurement to determine if this procurement should be set aside for a given type of small business concern. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE IDENTITY, LOCATION, AND CLIA CERTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE LABORATORY THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE TO PERFORM EACH TEST LISTED IN ATTACHMENT A MAY BE VIEWED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS EVIDENCE THAT THE CONTRACTOR LACKS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE REFERENCE LAB TESTING SERVICES REQUIRED BY THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS, IN TURN, MAY AFFECT THE GOVERNMENT S DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT HAVE BE…
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