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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 - Hampton In Support of the Richmond VA Medical Center (RICHVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Richmond VA Medical Center Is looking for a ve... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 - Hampton In Support of the Richmond VA Medical Center (RICHVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The Richmond VA Medical Center Is looking for a vendor that can provide/install an Exact or Equal Combination Steamer Kettle. PROJECT SCOPE: The following components are needed for the areas specified above. STEAMER KETTLE COMBINATION, ELECTRIC Blodgett Steam Model SB 6E 6K Combination Steamer, electric, 2 compartment, 1 6 pan steamer on 44" CSD 1 Compliant boiler base with 6-gallon direct steam kettle. 208 V, 3 phase, 60 Hz, 36 kW. Includes: deck mounted double pantry faucet and 1 year parts & labor warranty, standard INSTALLATION Scope of work: Installer will Disconnect, Remove and dispose of existing Steamer Receive, Deliver, Uncrate, Assemble, set in place, Make final connections to existing properly sized utilities: (1) STEAMER KETTLE COMBINATION, ELECTRIC Blodgett Steam Model SB 6E 6K Combination Steamer, electric, 2 compartment, 1 6 pan steamer on 44" CSD 1 Compliant boiler base with 6-gallon direct steam kettle Includes: deck mounted double pantry faucet Start and confirm operation. Work to be completed during normal business hours Monday thru Friday, 7am 5pm. Facility responsible for providing and verifying clear access to the installation location. All project related debris will be removed and disposed of properly. Â Â Â Supply Specifications Requirements: See itemized parts above. Must be this Exact or equal to. Proof of an authorized distributer must be submitted to be considered WARRANTY AND SUPPORT: The warranty and support must cover all components of the requirement in accordance with standard manufacturer s warranty. DELIVERY LOCATION: Richmond VA Medical Center 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. Richmond, VA 23249 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 Exact or equal to products listed in the table in the background 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. 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 Ronnie.Gregory@va.gov Please respond to this RFI no later than Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 12:00PM EST. 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.