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Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center ( THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for information and plan... Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center ( THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for information and planning purposes only at this time; and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Because this is a Request for Information announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists. Therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 4, Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO 4), is seeking information and potential qualified sources capable of meeting the following minimum requirements and salient characteristics below for Brand name MEDTRONICS Endovascular Supplies INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: The Wilmington VAMC requires Brand Name procurement of MEDTRONICS endovascular supplies for our endovascular suite. Our Vascular Surgeons are Eastern Market Vascular Surgeons that are already established at the Philadelphia VAMC. To begin procedures, we must create PAR levels for the items required to safely conduct endovascular procedures. The items requested through this contract are above the micro-purchase threshold and require a contract for the initial PAR establishment. OBJECTIVE: The Wilmington VAMC wishes to procure MEDTRONICS endovascular supplies. The period of performance requested for this acquisition is one-time purchase. The facility requests the ability to exercise up to zero option renewals. This need for this acquisition is determined to be routine and can be awarded within designated Contracting timeframes. To meet the needs of this acquisition, the following needs must be met: H1-M Directional Atherectomy M HawkOne M 6Fr H1-LS Directional Atherectomy LS HawkOne LS 7Fr H1-S Directional Atherectomy S Hawkone S 6fr SK401 SK401 MICRO SNARE SK701 SK701 MICRO SNARE SK201 SK201 MICRO SNARE SPD2-US-030-320 EP SPD2-US-030-320 SPIDER FX SPD2-US-040-320 EP SPD2-US-040-320 SPIDER FX 41038-01 INF CATH 41038-01 CRAGG-MCNAMARA 41042-01 INF CATH 41042-01 CRAGG-MCNAMARA 41051-01 INF CATH 41051-01 CRAGG-MCNAMARA 41057-01 INF CATH 41051-01 CRAGG-MCNAMARA 41059-01 INF CATH 41059-01 CRAGG-MCNAMARA MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: The Contractor/ Vendor must complete the following tasks to meet the needs of this acquisition: Deliver and provide training. Coordinating delivery with COR and or facility. Deliver equipment to: Wilmington VA Medical Center 1601 Kirkwood Hwy Wilmington, DE 19805 The Government and the Contractor understand and agree that the services to be delivered under this contract by the Contractor to the Government are non-personal services and the parties recognize and agree that no employer-employee or master-servant relationships exist or will exist under the contract between the Government and the Contractor s employees. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION OR MATERIAL: This acquisition does not include Government-furnished property (GFP), identify in the Statement of Work all available information on GFP to be provided, including the make, model, bar code number and serial number, if available, of all accountable assets with an acquisition cost of $500 or more. This acquisition does not include Contractor-acquired property (CAP). REPORTS/DELIVERABLES: Delivery confirmation of equipment and commodities will be made through the Logistics Department of the VAMC Wilmington (460). This will include documentation of receipt and assignment of a facility based EE number for identification and tracking purposes. Delivery confirmation of non-equipment/ commodities acquisitions is the responsibility of the receiving Facility and/ or Service. PERIOD OF SERVICE: Delivery must be made no later than 45 days After Receipt of Order Responses to this RFI should include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and point of contact e-mail, DUNS Number, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 339112 (size standard of 1,000 employees). Please answer the following questions: 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.)? Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? Are you the manufacturer, distributor, or an equivalent solution to the items being referenced above? If you are a large business, do you have any designated distributors? If so, please provide their company name, telephone, point of Contact and size status (if available). If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above or an equivalent solution, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? If you intend to subcontract any work on this contract, what portion of the total cost will be self-performed/will be performed by your organization? Please provide estimated detailed percentage breakdowns related to subcontracted work and completion of job. Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract number. If you are an FSS GSA/NAC contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the items/solution you are providing information for available on your schedule/contract? General pricing of your products/solution is encouraged. Pricing will be used for the purpose of market research only. It will not be used to evaluate for any type of award. Please submit your capabilities in regard to the salient characteristics detailed above and any information pertaining to equal to items to establish capabilities for planning purposes? Please review salient characteristics/statement of need (if applicable) and provide feedback or suggestions. If none, please reply as N/A. Please provide your UEN number. What is the Lead time on the requested items? If there is a Warranty what is the time frame? *** Submissions addressing number (10) should show clear, compelling and convincing*** evidence that all equal to items" meet all the salient characteristics. This RFI will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received via e-mail to lashawn.knight@va.gov no later than, 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on August 12, 2022. This notice will help the VA in determining available potential sources only. Do not contact VA Medical Center staff regarding this requirement, as they are not authorized to discuss this matter related to this procurement action. All questions will be addressed by the Contracting Specialist, LaShawn Knight. All firms responding to this Request for Information are advised that their response is not a request for proposal, therefore will not be considered for a contract award. If a solicitation is issued, information will be posted on the FedBizOpps (FBO) web site for all qualified interested parties at a later date and interested parties must respond to the solicitation to be considered for award. This notice does not commit the government to contract for any supplies or services. The government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Request for Information. Information will only be accepted in writing by e-mail to Contracting Specialist at lashawn.knight@va.gov. 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. 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.