SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Maintenance Service Lab refrigerators freezers
- Notice Date
- 12/31/2020 8:35:06 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22L (36C262) LONG BEACH CA 90815 USA
- ZIP Code
- 90815
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26221Q0247
- Response Due
- 1/6/2021 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 03/07/2021
- Point of Contact
- Domen, Clift, Contract Specialist, Phone: 562-766-2241
- E-Mail Address
-
clift.domen@va.gov
(clift.domen@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- 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 811219 (size standard of $22.0 Million). 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 a Maintenance and Service for Laboratory Freezers and Refrigerators that at a minimum meets the following Statement of Work for the VA Long Beach Healthcare System: STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS OBJECTIVE The Veterans Affairs Long Beach Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (VALB PALMS) has an estimation of 70 refrigerators and freezers to store reagents and other supplies. In order to comply with CDC and other accredited organizations, these refrigerators and freezers must be maintained accordingly. The VALB PALMS is located at: VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS) Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service 5901 E. 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90822 SCOPE: The contractor, who shall provide maintenance service refrigerators and freezers on each quarter annually at the VA Long Beach Laboratory. The contractor will perform the following: Preventive maintenance Calibration Alarm checks As needed repairs Period of Performance: Three years option Base Year: 02/15/21 to 02/14/22 Option Year 1: 02/15/22 to 02/14/23 Option Year 2: 02/15/23 to 02/14/24 Equipment Manufacturers: ABC Lab Helmer Innovative Medical Systems Matsushita Electric/Panasonic So-Low Thermo Fisher Scientific SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: After the work is completed, the Contractor is to submit in writing, complete report of service rendered to the Supervisor or COTR. At a minimum, this report must contain a detailed description of any service performed and any recommendations necessary to meet regulations. The Contractor must provide accidental insurance protection to their employees while working at the VALB PALMS. The contractor must be able to respond within response times indicated: 4 quarters annually. REPORTING: For services to be performed during normal working hours, the Contractor shall check in with the VA Police upon arrival at VA Medical Center, 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822, Building 5. The VA Police will provide the Contractor a visitor badge. This badge must be wearing all time while in the VA premise. This check in is mandatory. IDENTIFICATION, PARKING, SMOKING, AND VA REGULATIONS: The Contractor s personnel/FSE shall wear visible identification at all times while on the premises of the VA Long Beach Medical Center. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to park in the appropriate designated parking areas. Information on parking is available from the VA Police Section. The VAMC will not invalidate or make reimbursement for parking violations of the Contractor under any conditions. Smoking is not permitted inside any building at the VAMC. Possession of weapons is prohibited. Enclosed containers, including tool kits, shall be subject to search. Violations of VA regulations may result in citation answerable in the United States (Federal) District Court, not a local district, state, or municipal court. FEDERAL HOLIDAYS: Work to be accomplished during normal work hours, excluding Federal Holidays or any other holiday declared by the President of the United States as a national holiday. Whenever a scheduled pick-up falls on a federal holiday, the Contractor shall consult with the COTR to determine if a deviation from the work schedule is necessary. Listed below are the legal Government holidays: New Year s Day January 1st Martin Luther King s Birthday Third Monday in January President s Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day July 4th Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veterans Day November 11th Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25th 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: (1) 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.) (2) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? (3) 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? (4) 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? (5) 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. (6) 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? (7) Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes. (8) Please state your company s DUNS number. (9) Please submit your capabilities in regard to the SOW being provided and any information pertaining to services to establish capabilities for planning purposes? *** Submissions addressing Section (9) should show clear, compelling and convincing*** evidence that all services meet all required SOW. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Clift.Domen@va.gov. Telephone responses shall not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs VA Long Beach Healthcare System 5901 East 7th Street, Long Beach 90822, USA
- Zip Code: 90822
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 90822
- Record
- SN05883574-F 20210102/201231230059 (samdaily.us)
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