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Contractor to provide full-service fire alarm and suppression systems maintenance and inspections in accordance with the Statement of Work for the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, 1500 Weiss St., Saginaw, MI 48602.

This procurement is set aside based on an order of priority as established in 38 U.S.C 8127. This solicitation is being issued as a tiered evaluation with the following tiers: 1. SDVOSB 2. VOSB 3. Small Business

The evaluation of offers received in response to the solicitation will use a tiered or cascading order of precedence. “Tiered evaluation of offers,” also known as “cascading evaluation of offers,” is a procedure used in negotiated acquisitions when market research is inconclusive for justifying limiting competition to small business concerns or sub-categories of small business concerns. The contracting officer—

(1) Solicits offers from both small and other than small business concerns that will be evaluated in the following tier order:

(a) service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB);

(b) veteran-owned small business (VOSB);

(c) all other small business concerns;

(2) If an award or a sufficient number of awards cannot be made at the first tier, evaluation of offers will proceed at the next lower tier until an award or a sufficient number of awards can be made.