Food Tracking Software as a Service (Computrition or Equal)

(RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION 1. Responses to this Sources Sought 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 suggested NAICS for this requirement is 513210 Software Publishers 3. The Contractor shall deliver Food Tracking System Software that can meet the required Salient Characteristics (see attached) to the following VA Medical Centers. VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA LOMA LINDA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA WEST LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA ALBUQUERQUE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA PHOENIX VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VA SOUTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 4. Interested and capable Contractors are encouraged to respond to this notice not later than April 1st, 2025, at 08:00 AM Pacific Time (PT), by providing the following information via email only to [email protected].

• (a) Company name
• (b) Address
• (c)

Point of contact

• (d) Phone, fax, and email of
• (e) Contractor s Unique Entity ID (SAM) number
• (f) Type of small business, 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).
• (g) Statement indicating whether your company is considered small under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI. Responses are welcome to specify a different NAICS in which they could meet this requirement.
• (h) Statement indicating the brand name, model, and product description of the Food Tracking System Software referenced above that you intend to provide for this procurement.
• (i) Statement indicating the name of the company whose Food Tracking System Software service you intend to provide, the country of origin for the Food Tracking System Software you intend to provide, and whether the company that manufactures that product is a small business under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI, or a different NAICS. Please elaborate whether the Buy American Statute and/or Trade agreement apply to the product that you intent to provide for this procurement.
• (j) Statement indicating whether you are an authorized distributor of the Food Tracking System Software that you intend to provide for this procurement or not. If you intend to provide a Food Tracking System Software manufactured by a company other than your own, please include an approval letter from the manufacturer accepting you as an authorized distributor and answer the following

questions: Does your firm exceed $47 to NAICS 513210)? Is your firm primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item you intend to provide? Does your firm take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? Will your firm supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such requirement pursuant to 13 CFR 121.406(b)(5)? If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above (or equivalent product/solution), do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? Notice: No gray market or remanufactured items will be acceptable. Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) good sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new equipment only. The vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor, authorized reseller, verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM. (k) Statement indicating if you have a current contract to provide Food Tracking System Software that you intend to provide for this procurement under either the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) or with the VA National Acquisition Center (NAC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), or any other federal contract. If yes, provide the

contract type and contract number, identity the federal agency with whom you hold that contract, and whether the product you intend to supply under this procurement is listed on your referenced schedule/contract.