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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 27, 2020 SAM #6693
SOURCES SOUGHT

65 -- FEMTOSECOND LASER EQUIPMENT & INSTALLATION (VA-20-00043167)

Notice Date

3/25/2020 7:57:20 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

36C25620Q0447
 

Response Due

3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

04/10/2020
 

Point of Contact

Oney Kelly Oney.kelly@va.gov
 

E-Mail Address

Oney.Kelly@va.gov
(Oney.Kelly@va.gov)
 

Awardee

null
 

Description

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0447 BACKGROUND: MEDVAMC has a requirement for one (1) Femtosecond Laser needed for daily operation within Research Service at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA 70119: Required: One (1) Femtosecond Laser Suggested Manufacturer Brand Name: Insight X3 Dual OR EQUIVALENT as listed below: Specifications/Salient Characteristics: 680nm to 1300 nm continuous tuning 100fs pulse widths Fully automated > 1.0 W @ 700 nm > 2.0 W @ 900 nm > 1.8 W @ 1000 nm > 1.6 W @ 1100 nm > 1.4 W @ 1200 nm > 1.0 W @ 1300 nm > 3.5 W @ 1045 nm (Dual Beam) 1045 dual wavelength option Rack mountable power supply Chiller Rack Accessory Deliverables/ Scope of work The Contractor shall provide, transport, install, and test all listed equipment. All products shall meet all salient characteristics defined above. Some equipment will require installation. All equipment and installation must meet manufacturers and VA specifications. The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required for delivery and installation of the supplies and equipment. The Contractor is responsible for any missing parts and components not included in order to carry out the installation. Contractor shall deliver all equipment to the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) Central Energy Plant building 2400 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119 on or May 15, 2020. Contractor shall provide On-site training of the equipment to the Users. Scheduling of operator training shall be coordinated with the SLVHCS COR after installation is complete Warranty Parts 1 Years/Labor 1 Years or best Term: 30 Days . 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 Oney.kelly@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than March 31, 2020 by 1300 CST. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/7dc276532cab42efb75a0e1ee99e1fe0/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System;New Orleans 70119, USA

Zip Code: 70119

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05600543-F 20200327/200325230147 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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