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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) is conducting market research through this Sources Sought Notice for information related to vendors capable of providing v... The Department of Veterans Affairs, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) is conducting market research through this Sources Sought Notice for information related to vendors capable of providing various antimicrobial reagents and consumables for use with existing BioMerieux VITEK® MS and VITEK® 2 Identification & Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (ID/AST) Systems. Please see attached Draft Statement of Work for additional information. The NAICS code for this requirement is 325413 and business size standard is 1,250 Employees. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. VA is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. All information submitted in response to this Sources Sought notice become property of the Government. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: (1) Company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and DUNS number (www.dnbi.com); (2) List of available compatible products, procurement source (open market or GSA Schedule), the geographical location the respondent is able to service, and documentation of authorized distributor certification (if a brand name product is intended for offer should the requirement go to solicitation); (3) Business size (small or large business concern), and number of employees; (4) Type of small business (i.e. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; Veteran Owned Small Business; Small Business, etc.). Responses to this notice should be emailed to Matthew R. Gray at Matthew.Gray@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 07/22/2021 at 17:00 / 5:00 PM EDST. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses should also indicate whether the company is verified by the VA in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Database at www.vetbiz.va.gov.