SOURCES SOUGHT
65--65 -- Medical/Surgical Distribution Prime Vendor
- Notice Date
- 12/16/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center, (049A1), P.O. Box 76, Building No. 37, Hines, Illinois 60141
- ZIP Code
- 60141
- Solicitation Number
- VANAC-SSN-MSPV121605
- Response Due
- 1/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/16/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Acquisition Center, is conducting market research to determine if there are adequate small business concerns capable of providing a broad range of medical and surgical products to VA Medical Centers in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Livermore, Menlo Park, Fresno, Martinez, Reno, Sacramento, and numerous VA Outpatient Clinics located in Northern California. This is not a request for interested parties to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. This announcement is for informational purposes only and must not be construed as a request for proposals (RFP), or an announcement of a solicitation. The objective for this effort is for interested parties to provide directly to Medical Centers the breadth and depth of medical and surgical products from the many Federal Supply Schedule product suppliers with bulk and low unit of measure deliveries next day as required by VA Medical Centers. Interested parties must possess the experience, capabilities, distribution facilities, transportation systems, resources and required web-based ordering systems to service the VA hospitals both in bulk and low unit of measure deliveries. Interested parties shall provide all of the following information: (1) Name and address of company, telephone number, and business size; (2) A list of all current and past contracts with similar requirements along with names, addresses and telephone numbers of customer points of contact; (3) Description of handling, storage and distribution procedures for low unit of measure deliveries; (4) Total number of company employees, and; (5) Address, telephone number(s) and size of distribution centers that will service the Medical Centers cited. It is estimated that the combined purchases will total approximately $550,000.00 monthly. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 423450 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. This procurement action will be issued on an unrestricted full and open competitive basis if it is determined that no capable small businesses exist that can provide the services and products required to service the VA Medical Centers listed in this announcement. The upcoming solicitation will be posted in FEDBIZOPPS. All capable and interested small business concerns are encouraged to submit the necessary information by e-mail to: maria.ramirez@med.va.gov, or timothy.richards@med.va.gov; or by fax (708/786-5256) no later than 2:00 p.m. (Central Time), January 17, 2006. The Department of Veterans Affairs will not pay for any material provided in response to this Sources Sought Notice nor return the data provided. Points of Contact: Maria Ramirez, (708) 786-5181 or Timothy Richards (708) 786-4959.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA National Acquisition Center, Hines, IL
- Zip Code: 60141
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 60141
- Record
- SN00953657-W 20051218/051216211925 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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