S203--459-25-4-761-0267 | 36C261-25-AP-2342 | Base Year | CLC Long Term Food Service 36C26125Q0753

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit proposals for Community Food Services from qualified quoters. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) VA Pacific Islands Health Care System requires the contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform Community Food Services for the Center For Aging. The Period of Performance will be for a Base year only. The anticipated start date will be on or near September 01, 2025. The Solicitation will be issued on a restricted basis and will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. To be eligible for award the small business must be considered small under the relevant NAICS code and must be registered and verified in the following Dynamic Small Business Search (https://dsbs.sba.gov ). Companies must have the Certified Veteran Enterprise (CVE) seal on the registration to be considered for an award. Potential offerors are further advised that failure to register in the SAM database (https://sam.gov ) will render your firm ineligible for award. The VA anticipates issuing a solicitation for this requirement on or about July 22, 2025. Quotes will be accepted commencing with the issuance date of the solicitation. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from the www.sam.gov website, as no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the quote submission process. Prospective contractors are encouraged to register their interest in the solicitation on the www.sam.gov website so that they are notified of the issuance of the solicitation and any amendments. In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (SAM) prospective contractors must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award. SAM registration is required under the applicable NAICS Code. PSC: S203- Housekeeping-Food NAICS: 624210-Community Food Services Size Standard: $19.5 Million The Request for Quotes (RFQ) solicitation will be posted on Contracting Opportunities. This Pre-Solicitation Notice is NOT a request for submittals of any kind. The VA plans to issue an official RFQ. .

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals --Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications --Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.