Program Contracting Activity Central Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services (IOT&A) Veteran s Health Administration REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C77626Q0225 The National Activations Office (NAO) was approved by the Under Secretary of Health in Fiscal Year 2012 to serve as a focal point for VHA medical facility activations. Activation is defined as the process of identifying, planning, managing, and executing the logistical and operational requirements to bring a new medical center into full planned operations. The medical center assigns VHA staff to an Activation Team which is responsible for managing the Activation Project and ensuring the new facility is in full planned operations on Day One (the first day clinical services are scheduled to be available to Veterans). Contractor services are often required to support the medical center's Activation Team. The purpose of this RFI is to find capable Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms to support the activation teams by conducting Pre-Planning and Activation services in support of multiple activation projects with the National Activation Office, Office of Capital Asset Management (OCAMS) - Activations, through Program Contracting Activity - Central (PCAC) during FY27 & FY28. This RFI is issued solely to determine the capability of eligible SDVOSBs to provide the services identified below. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541614 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services - with a size standard of $20 million. To be eligible for a set aside under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans First Contracting Program, SDVOSBs must: 1) be verified by the VA as an SDVOSB and 2) meet the small business size standard for NAICS 541614. Additional information on the Veteran s First Contracting Program including verification instructions can be found at (http://www.va.gov/OSDBU/index.asp). A company that is not a small business under NAICS 541614 or not certified as an SDVOSB by the VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database should not respond to this notice. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or a Request for Proposal. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter negotiations to award a contract. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy. 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 informatio…