This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Durham, North Carolina. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Cafeteria Kitchen Equipment Maintenance and Repair Services THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS, PROPOSAL ABSTRACTS, OR QUOTATIONS. IT IS NEITHER A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT NOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. The National Institutes of Health is conducting market research to determine the availability of small businesses capable of performing Cafeteria Kitchen Equipment Maintenance and Services at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The Contractor shall be responsible for preventive maintenance and repair of all cafeteria equipment including electrical circuits and components beginning at the load side of the disconnecting means; cafeteria equipment with facility water beginning at the load side of the isolation valve; maintain and clean kitchen hoods; and all hardware of the designated Government equipment. All requirements are located at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, N.C. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811310 Other Building Equipment Contractors. The small business prime contractor will be required to meet the requirements of FAR Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, in that "at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern." Your Capability Statement should demonstrate how you plan to meet this requirement. POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: The contractor must include in their Capability Statement: 1. The company name, address, phone number/e-mail address for POC at the company, certification of business size, cage code and DUNS number & UEI number 2. Staff expertise and experience along with their availability to perform work on this specific contract 3. Current in-house capability and capacity to perform the requirements of FAR 52.219- 14 4. Any prior completed projects of similar nature 5. Examples of prior completed government contracts and references for those contracts. 6. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://www.sam.gov. Cafeteria Kitchen Equipment Maintenance and Repair Services The Capability Statement is limited to 5 pages in size. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the Government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice should submit their Capability Statement to the e-mail address below. Capability Statements are due Monday March 27th, 2023, at 10.00am Eastern Time (ET). All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement. Those Capability Statements received by the date and time identified above will be considered by the agency. Capability Statements must be submitted via e-mail only to Andrew Gathogo at andrew.gathogo@nih.gov. FAXED OR POSTAL MAILED COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in responses. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.