SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Vocera Communication Devices
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2022 9:56:42 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) RIDGELAND MS 39157 USA
- ZIP Code
- 39157
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25622Q0532
- Response Due
- 3/7/2022 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 03/12/2022
- Point of Contact
- Kelly Han, Procurement Technician, Phone: 713-791-1414
- E-Mail Address
-
kelly.han@va.gov
(kelly.han@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 36C25622Q0532 BACKGROUND: Background: The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is requesting the purchase of twenty-five badge communication units and corresponding batteries, charging units and needed device licenses to be utilized by food and clinical nutrition employees within Nutrition and Food Services. Devices must be compatible with existing facility MEDVAMC Vocera system and network. Purchase need is for additional units to expand capability of concurrent users. All needed device licenses to ensure compatibility with existing system and set-up, if necessary, shall be completed by the vendor. All accessories, chargers and device batteries must be compatible with awarded units. Project Scope: The following components are needed for the areas specified above. Item # Description/Part Number* Qty 220-01576 B3000n, Dual-Band, White Badge 25 261-01948 B3000n, FIPS 140-2 Device License Ver 1.0 25 230-01925 B3000 Series Battery, White 25 230-02008 B3000, Charger, 8-Bay, NA 2 230-02001 B3000, Charger, Single-Bay, Universal 13 230-01985 B3000, Universal Clip, 25-Pack 1 920-01793 Warranty, B3000 / B3000n, 2-Year extension 25 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 Kelly.Han@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than March 07, 2022 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Zip Code: 77030
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 77030
- Record
- SN06253008-F 20220302/220228230103 (samdaily.us)
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