This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source, Firm Fixed Price contract with option periods with only one source, Edwards Lifesciences LLC, to provide HemoSphere 360 Light Protection Service Plan for Cardiac Output Monitors at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a Sole Source award under the authority of FAR 13.106-1. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207 (c) (16) (ii), all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government s requirements detailed above may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: the System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity ID (UEI), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized distributor/reseller. All offerors must have an active registration in SAM at www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information will be retained as Market Research. All responses must be received by 12:00 PM Central Time on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Alisha Milander via email at Alisha.Milander@va.gov. Fax responses and Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

The Minneapolis VA Medical Center requires Patient and Employee Satisfaction Survey Services as described in the Statement of Work below. This will be a Brand Name or Equal procurement for the TruthPoint Digital Patient Rounding Platform. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the services 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 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 541910, Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of $22.5 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 to: Alisha.Milander@va.gov on or before Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM Central Time. Additionally, please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy.   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.  Identify if your organization is the manufacturer of the requested survey services solution. If you are not the manufacturer, identify the manufacturer of the survey services solution that you will provide and their socio-economic category.  Also provide proof that you are authorized to provide the requested survey services solution. 3.  Identify whether any foreign-end products, as defined in FAR Provision 52.225-2, would be provided to meet this requirement. Fill out the certificate under FAR Provision 52.225-2(b), identifying the item and its country of origin. ( https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_225_2__d3401e52). If the product is a US domestic end product, write in USA for the item's country of origin.  4.  State whether any of the requested survey services solution may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.).  5.  Address whether your organization meets the requirements of 13 CFR 121.406 (b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii) and (b)(1)(iii) (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-121/subpart-A/subject-group-ECFR0fca5207262de47/section-121.406#p-121.406(b)).  6.  Provide estimated lead time to deliver a fully implemented and operational survey services solution as described in the Statement of Work below.  *If applicable, FAR Provision 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.* *If applicable, VAAR 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Veteran Owned Small-Businesses.* *If applicable, VAAR 852.212-71 Gray Market Items, will apply to the potential solicitation.* 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, Wednesday, December 11, 2024.

Page 2 of 2 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to determine both large and small business sources capable to provide a Cost per Patient Reportable Result (CPRR) Blanket Purchase Agreement to a single Contractor for Automated Hemoglobin A1c Instrumentation. Services per this notice is under NAICS 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Small Business Size Standard is 1000 employees. BACKGROUND: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future.  This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time. Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23 is not at this time seeking offers and will not accept unsolicited offers.  Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract.  Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer. OBJECTIVE: This Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification(s) (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SD/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 334516. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE: Please see attached DRAFT - Statement of Work for full description of this service request. It is the intent of the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Automated Hemoglobin A1c Instrumentation. The Government will award a Cost per Patient Reportable Result (CPRR) BPA to a single Contractor for Automated Hemoglobin A1c Instrumentation. PRICING NOT REQUIRED FOR SOURCES SOUGHT ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 270,000.00 JB __________________ __________________ Hemoglobin A1c Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: J066 - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment GRAND TOTAL __________________ PLACES OF PERFORMANCE: VISN 23 Facilities and Address Fargo VA Health Care System 2101 Elm Street N. Fargo ND 58102 VA Nebraska-Western Iowa (NWI) Health Care System - Omaha 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105 NWI Grand Island 2201 N. Broadwell Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803 NWI - Lincoln 420 Victory Park Dr. Lincoln, NE 68510 Sioux Falls VA Health Care System 2501 W. 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 St. Cloud VA Health Care System 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud, MN 56303 VA Black Hills Health Care System 113 Comanche Road, Fort Meade, SD 57741 VA Black Hills Hot Springs 500 N. Fifth St., Hot Springs, SD 57747 VA Central Iowa Health Care 3600 30th Street, Des Moines, IA 50310 VISN 23 sites not currently ordering from this BPA but are eligible if situations changes with a completed modification to this BPA. Iowa City VA Health Care System 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246 Minneapolis VA Health Care System One Veteran Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417 Twin Ports VA Clinic 3520 Tower Ave, Superior, WI Rapid City VA Clinic 3626 5th St, Rapid City, SD POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK: See attached DRAFT Statement of Work RESPONSE TO SOURCES SOUGHT Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list: Company Name: Point of Contact (POC) name: Email address: Phone number: Unique Entity ID No. listed in the System of Awards Management (SAM): Business Size: (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Small Business Other, Small Business, or Large Business) for the NAICS code 334516. Please indicate whether you hold a VA National Acquisition Center (NAC) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), GSA (FSS) or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinitely Quantity (IDIQ) contract that covers this type of request. If so, please provide the Schedule contract number and when it expires. SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES: No phone calls please. Send any responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time. Responses shall be sent via email only by 11/06/2024 at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time to: Dennis Salmonsen Contracting Specialist/Officer E-mail: dennis.salmonsen@va.gov

*********** Amendment 0002 is to update Specification Sections 03 30 00 CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE and 01 35 26 GOVERNMENTAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS as a result of Requests for Information (RFIs), extend the Bidder Inquiry suspense to 5:00 PM (CST) on April 4, 2024 and changed the bid opening date to April 10, 2024 at 3:00 PM (Eastern). Reference amendment attachment for details. As a result of this amendment, the due date for bids is hereby extended to April 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM (Eastern).*********** Amendment 0001 is available for review and consideration. NB) There is a known issue with SAM.gov not displaying Amendment Section when clicking the public posting link; to access the files included in this amendment, users are advised to perform a search in the public portal (https://piee.eb.mil/sol/xhtml/unauth/index.xhtml) using the Solicitation number W911XK24B0003. For guidance on how to search the public portal, users can follow the guide linked below: https://rise.articulate.com/share/g-eLRgthQ4e15c_9yx9wqiqqPRfJFxS3#/ *********** The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District is performing necessary marine infrastructure necessary marine infrastructure repairs at the Duluth Vessel Yard in Duluth, Minnesota. Work under this contract primarily consists of encasing the existing south pier and slip headwall structures with steel sheeting and piling.