SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Lease Digital Mailing System Equipment, Software, & Services
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2023 1:28:27 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 532420
— Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- Contracting Office
- 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257) ARLINGTON TX 76006 USA
- ZIP Code
- 76006
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25723Q0922
- Archive Date
- 07/29/2023
- Point of Contact
- T Miller, Contract Specialist, Phone: 210-694-6323
- E-Mail Address
-
t.miller@va.gov
(t.miller@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Special Notice Special Notice Page 3 of 3 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 3 Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, West Texas Veterans Healthcare System (WTVHCS) equipment located at 300 Veterans Blvd, Big Spring, TX 79720 intends to issue a sole source award to Pitney Bowes Inc., 3001 Summer ST, Stamford, CT, 06926. The VA plans to lease a digital mailing system equipment, software and services required to meter mail, provides best cost shipping options, allows for accurate reporting, accountability of volume and expenditures and traceability of mail and parcels. All applicable hardware, software and support services must adhere to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) www.usps.gov, and shipping partners rules and regulations of those as United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal Express (FedEx), DHL, etc. Leased services shall include all mail processing equipment, web-based browser software, scalable cloud-based software solution for data hosting (with web-portal access), mail facility processing accessories, handheld scanners - all supported by maintenance and support services to keep all systems fully operational. Lease services additionally includes delivery, set-up, configuration, user training, complete functionality testing, thirty (30) day quantity of operating supplies and removal of old equipment (where applicable). The potential exists for trade-in on current VA owned equipment. Model numbers listed below: MPR2-MACHINE MSD2-MONITOR MSPS-STACKER Period of Performance will be a base plus four (4) year contract. The VA intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The VA anticipates awarding a contract on or about 09/01/2023. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 532420 Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing which has a Small Business Size Standard of $40 Million. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207 (c) (16) (ii), all responsible sources that feel they can fulfill this requirement may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the VA. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, and include: Dun & Bradstreet Number, and the Taxpayer Identification Number, along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized service provider of the equipment listed. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov. Interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be listed as verified on the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database located at https://veterans.certify.sba.gov in order to receive contract awards under the Veterans First Contracting Program. A determination by the VA not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the VA. In addition, the information received because of this notice of intent will be retained as market research only. If no affirmative written response is received by the response date and time, a sole source contract will be awarded to Pitney Bowes Inc., 3001 Summer ST, Stamford, CT, 06926. without any further notice. The Contract Specialist does not have access to the Contract Opportunities Interested Vendor List; therefore, all interested parties must submit information directly to t.miller@va.gov no later than 06/02/2023 by 1:00 P.M., CST. Please ensure that emails include solicitation number 36C25723Q0922 in the subject line.
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- Record
- SN06697264-F 20230601/230530230114 (samdaily.us)
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