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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT only pertaining to brand name or equal item(s) for the Northern Indiana Health Care System. Information collected during this Sources Sought may be used in a set aside. If a s... This is a SOURCES SOUGHT only pertaining to brand name or equal item(s) for the Northern Indiana Health Care System. Information collected during this Sources Sought may be used in a set aside. If a solicitation is issued, the Government will do so in accordance with Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-83. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 333618. The NAICS size is 1500 employees. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for small business status must be registered with the SBA at http://web.sba.gov/pro-net/ and meet the requirements of FAR 19.102. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for veteran owned small business status must be registered with the VIP at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov as an SDVOSB or VOSB. A Contractor that proposes to provide a supply that is not manufactured by their organization (nonmanufacturer) shall meet the requirements of FAR 19.102(f). Contractors that deem themselves capable of meeting the requirement shall provide the below information to Jordan Carlsen, Contracting Specialist, at robert.sagris@va.gov no-later-than Friday, June 21, 2019 at 12:00PM, EDT, referencing (36C25019Q0950). Responses shall include: (1) Business Name and Address, (2) GSA Contract Number, if applicable (3) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number and E-mail Address (4) DUNS and NAICS code (5) Business Size SMALL or LARGE (6) Type of Business: service disabled veteran owned, veteran owned small business, 8a, HUBZone, woman-owned, etc. (7) A concern that is not a manufacturer of the supply shall provide the manufacturers name and size standard. If the concern is the manufacture and the sole distributor, please provide documentation to that effect. Contractor must be registered with https://www.sam.gov To be considered SDVOSB/VOSB, must be registered in VIP (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/). Supplies are to include only TAA compliant items. Items that are not TAA compliant must be clearly identified by the Contractor should the contractor choose to offer a quote if a RFQ is published. FOB is Destination. Delivery is to: VA Northern Indiana Health Care System - Marion 1700 East 38th Street, Marion, IN 46953-4568 To be considered an equal the supplies being offered shall have the salient characteristics of the following items below: Two (2) battery-operated walk behind tugger should have the following salient characteristics: Must be 36V DC Must be able to park on inclines while loaded Must have foam filled non-marking wheels Must have on board charger Must have safety horn Must have safety strobe Must have safety stop switch Must have vertical spring-loaded hitch with 6 attachment Minimum of 3000 LBS of push and pull capacity Minimum of 200 LBS of wheel weights Minimum of 16 long tongue/5th wheel horizontal arm Minimum of 1500 pivot for 5th wheel horizontal arm Minimum of 800 LBS differential/transaxle Maximum width of 26 Maximum length of 30 (from handle to front of tugger, not including horizontal tongue and vertical hitch