SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- 580-20-1-167-0013 BARIATRIC SHOWER TROLLEYS/PILLOWS (VA-20-00009063)
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2019 4:38:37 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) RIDGELAND MS 39157 USA
- ZIP Code
- 39157
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25620Q0125
- Response Due
- 11/26/2019 8:59:59 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/01/2019
- Point of Contact
- Kristi MummertKristi.mummert@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
kristi.mummert@va.gov
(kristi.mummert@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Department of Veterans AffairsNetwork Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTONIn Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC)REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0125BACKGROUND:MEDVAMC has a requirement for the following Bariatric Shower Trolleys with Wedge Pillows:The Spinal Cord Injury Department has a need for Sina Comfort XXL Shower Trolleys or Equivalent. The Trolley must contain a Wedge Pillow. Equipment must be able to hold up to 551 lbs of weight. Equipment must have a Height of no less than 28.35 and no more than 39.76 , Width of no less than 39 , and a Length of no less than 80.0 . The Battery Type must be 24 Volt. Equipment must have a Warranty and Support that must cover all components of the requirement in accordance with the Standard Manufacturer s Warranty.REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following:Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the name products listed in section above. In the response please cite your business size status.If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description.If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside). Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above.CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to Kristi.mummert@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than November 20th, 2019 by 1300 CST. 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. 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 RFI.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 2002 Holcombe Blvd;Houston TX 77030, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05499061-F 20191121/191120094815 (samdaily.us)
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