Inactive Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (specific to Department of Veterans Affairs)

Request For Quotations VA Medical Center (Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital), Bedford MA. The solicitation number is 36C24121Q0770 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotatio... Request For Quotations VA Medical Center (Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital), Bedford MA. The solicitation number is 36C24121Q0770 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This requirement is being issued as an open market, Service-disabled veteran-owned and Veteran Owned small business set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 333315 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing and small business size standard is 500. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price award for the purchase of Zeiss Cirrus HD-OCT 6000 imaging system to include installation, software upgrades and support services for the Bedford, MA VAMC. Please see the attached Statement of Work for full requirement details. Please complete the Price Schedule below and submit with the quote submission. The Place of Delivery as outlined in the SOW is: Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition in addition to the following addenda s to the provision: 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998); 852.252-70 Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (JAN 2008). Provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this requirement. Submission of Quotes: (1) Quotes shall be received on or before the date and time specified in this solicitation. Note: Offers received after the due date and time shall not be considered. (2) Offerors shall submit their quotes electronically via email to Krisanne.Dernago@va.gov by 10:00 am EST on August 23, 2021. (3) Questions: Questions shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing via e-mail. Oral questions are not acceptable due to the possibility of misunderstanding or misinterpretation. The cut-off date and time for receipt of questions is August 19, 2021 10:00AM EST. Questions received after this date and time may not be answered. Questions shall be answered in a formal amendment to the solicitation so all interested parties can see the answers. (4) Quote Format: The submission should be clearly indexed and logically assembled in order of the evaluation criteria below. All pages of the quote shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete company name, date and solicitation number in the header and/or footer. Offeror quotes shall be evaluated under FAR Part 13.106-2(b) -- Evaluation of Quotations or Offers. Therefore, the Government is not obligated to determine a competitive range, conduct discussions with all contractors, solicit final revised quotes, and use other techniques associated with FAR Part 15. The contracting techniques associated with FAR Part 15 are not mandatory. The Government shall award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation shall be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition in addition to the following addenda s to the clause: 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998), 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013). This solicitation includes VAAR 852.215-70, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors, and VAAR 852.215-71, Evaluation Factor Commitments. Accordingly, any contract resulting from this solicitation will include these clauses. The contractor is advised in performing contract administration functions, the CO may use the services of a support contractor(s) to assist in assessing contractor compliance with the subcontracting commitments incorporated into the Information Protection and Non-Disclosure and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Agreement to ensure the contractor's business records or other proprietary data reviewed or obtained in the course of assisting the CO in assessing the contractor for compliance are protected to ensure information or data is not improperly disclosed or other impropriety occurs. Furthermore, if VA determines any services the support contractor(s) will perform in assessing compliance are advisory and assistance services as defined in FAR 2.101, Definitions, the support contractor(s) must also enter into an agreement with the contractor to protect proprietary information as required by FAR 9.505-4, Obtaining access to proprietary information, paragraph (b). The contractor is required to cooperate fully and make available any records as may be required to enable the CO to assess the contractor compliance with the subcontracting commitments. RFQ responses are due August 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST. RFQ responses must be submitted via email to: Krisanne.Dernago@va.gov. Hand deliveries shall not be accepted.