N--NX Equipment (Truck Food Retherm)

This is a sources sought for the VA Medical Center located in Memphis, TN to determine the availability of Small Businesses and/or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, relative to NAICS code 423440, having the skills and capabilities necessary to provide this service. The contractor shall furnish labor, material, equipment, supervision, and quality control to complete turnkey construction for the main kitchen Re-Therm Units located at the Memphis VA Medical Center. The Nutrition & Food Services (NSF) (120) department of the Memphis VA Medical Center will contract with an approved GSA provider for the purpose of acquiring a new rethermalization food delivery system (carts and base stations) for their cook/chill production system. There will also be a Site Visit on 25 April 2013 at 2:00 PM for all interested participants. If you plan to be a part please contact my NLT 23 April 2013 at 3:00 EST. This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided will be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a requirement for The Nutrition & Food Services Department at Memphis, Tennessee Veterans Administration Medical Center Facility, in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. No phone calls will be accepted. Please submit all inquiries via email.