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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 12, 2016 FBO #5468
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65 -- Dako Reagents for Artisan Link Pro Instrument - Attachment

Notice Date

11/10/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

325413 — In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 22;4811 Airport Plaza Drive;Suite 600;Long Beach CA 90815
 

ZIP Code

90815
 

Solicitation Number

VA26217N0117
 

Response Due

11/18/2016
 

Archive Date

12/18/2016
 

Point of Contact

Gabe Caganap
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND OTHER MARKET INFORMATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED UNDER THIS RFI IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) FAR 15.201(e). DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. IAW 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 RFI. SOURCES SOUGHT DESCRIPTION This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a Sources Sought/RFI only. The purpose of this Sources Sought/RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 325413 (size standard of 1250 Employees). Responses to this sources sought will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this sources sought, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses for a solicitation announcement. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 22 Network Contracting Office, is seeking sources that can provide special stains reagents, test kits and all consumables for the Dako Artisan Link instrument that at a minimum meets the following salient characteristics with a brand name or equal product for the VA VISN22 facilities: All test kits, reagents and consumable shall be compatible with Dako s Artisan Link Pro instrument - Manufacturer Part No. AR31030 Test kits shall include or have the capability to perform ALL of the following tests: AFB (Fite for leprosy) AFB (Z-N for TB) Alcian Blue w/ hyal Alcian Blue, pH 1.0 Alcian Blue, pH 2.5 Alcian Blue/PAS Ameba (Iron Hemat) Ameba (Napthol Green-B) Amyloid (Congo-Red) Amyloid (Crystal Violet) Bielschowsky Bilirubin (Hall) Calcium (Von Kossa) Colloidal Iron (muller-Mowry) EC-Trichrome Elastin (Verhoeff) Fontana-Masson Geimsa GMS (fungus) GMS (Pneumocystis) Gram (Twort) Cresyl Echt Violet (H. pylori) Iron (Prussian Blue) Jones (JMS) Melanin Bleach Mucicarmine (Mayer) Oil-Red-O PAS PAS for fungus PAS with Diastase Pentachrome PTAH Reticulin Trichrome (Masson) Uric Acid Warthin-Starry Spirochetes Warthin-Starry H. pylori The information identified above is intended to be descriptive, not restrictive and to indicate the quality of the supplies/services that will be satisfactory. It is the responsibility of the interested source to demonstrate to the government that the interested parties can provide the supplies/services that fulfill the required specifications. If you are interested, and are capable of providing the sought out supplies/services, please provide the requested information as well as the information indicated below. Response to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to the following questions: Please indicate the size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.)? Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? Are you the manufacturer or distributor of the items being referenced above (or equivalent product/solution)? What is the manufacturing country of origin of these items? If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above (or equivalent product/solution), do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with NASA SEWP or any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number. If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or NASA SEWP contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract? Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes. Please submit your capabilities in regards to the salient characteristics being provided and any information pertaining to equal to items to establish capabilities for planning purposes. Submissions shall show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that all equal to items" meet all required salient characteristics. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Philip.Caganap2@va.gov. Telephone responses shall not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than Friday, November 18, 2016 at 0800 PST. If a solicitation is issued it shall be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this request for information. Responses to this notice are not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/LBVANBC/VAMD/VA26217N0117/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA262-17-N-0117 VA262-17-N-0117_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3104119&FileName=VA262-17-N-0117-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3104119&FileName=VA262-17-N-0117-000.docx

 

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Record

SN04325556-W 20161112/161110233947-186bd32ffc6b3a32bd8065504fa84ea0 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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