The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Contracting Office intends to release a commercial solicitation for Burlodge retrieval carts with an authorized distributor supply and delivery of products identified in the Statement of Requirements (SOR). This is a Brand Name or Equal Requirement for South Texas Health Care System Nutrition and Food Service at the following locations: Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter St., San Antonio, TX 78229, and Kerrville VA Medical Center 3600 Memorial Blvd., Kerrville, TX 78028. The NAICS code is 333241 with a size standard of 500 Employees. The solicitation number is 36C25724Q0417. All other contract details including full specifications will be included in the Request for Quotes, which will be released on or about March 8, 2024. Technical questions shall be accepted by the Government in writing via email only no later than 12:00 Central Standard Time (CST), Tuesday, March 12th, 2024. Please list “Technical Questions - RFQ 36C25724Q0417” in the subject line of the e-mail and send to Erika Taylor at erika.taylor@va.gov. Please reference the section of the solicitation/page number from which your question is derived. An amendment to the solicitation will be posted answering submitted questions on Tuesday, March 12th, 2024, at 16:00 CST. Any contractor who wishes to receive a copy of this RFQ may download it from the SAM.gov website. Offeror shall submit offers by Due Date/Time as specified in Block 8 of Standard Form (SF) 1449 of the solicitation to Erika Taylor, Contract Specialist at Erika.taylor@va.gov with “RFQ 36C25724Q0417” in subject line. This RFQ is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set aside. Offerors must be registered in SBA certification database at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov. All unverified SDVOSBs will not be evaluated.

All Responses shall:

• Include a quote and signed SF 1449;


• Include three (3) past performance references for this type of requirement performed in the last 36 months.


• Identify business size;


• Include equipment delivery date after Award;

Please refer to the RFQ 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Addendum to 52-212-1, Instruction for Offerors, 52.212-2, Evaluations, and the Statement of Requirement (SOR) for all details and required submissions.

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