The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is conducting market research in accordance with FAR 17.207 Exercise of Options for the rental/lease of a wheeled loader and snow bucket attachment comparable to a Kamatsu WA270, John Deere 544, Cat 930 or equivalent wheeled loader as described in the Statement of Work below. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the supplies listed in the Statement of Work below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other socio-economic categories of small business. 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 information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 532490, Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of $40.0 Million. If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability and answers to all questions to:
[email protected] on or before Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM Central Time. Please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond accurately to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. Failure to respond to the questions at all will result in your response being determined as non-responsive. 1. Please provide all socio-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC. 2. State whether the requested services may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.). 3. Provide estimated lead time to deliver a fully functioning solution as described in the Statement of Work below. 4. Provide a description with all salient characteristics of the supply item you are proposing and how it meets the requirements of the Statement of Work. 5. Complete the ITEM INFORMATION directly below this section for market research pricing for the supply item you proposed in Item #4 above. ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 6.00 MO $___________ $___________ Wheeled loader and snow bucket attachment comparable to a Kamatsu WA270, John Deere 544, Cat 930 or equivalent wheeled loader as described in the Statement of Work. Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 11-01-2025 POP End: 04-30-2026 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 532490 - Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: 3895 - Miscellaneous Construction Equipment *If applicable, FAR Provision 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.* *If applicable, 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs.* DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought. The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM Central Time on, Tuesday, October 14, 2025.