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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - ALEXANDRIA In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0486 BACKGROUND: The Michael... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - ALEXANDRIA In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0486 BACKGROUND: The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is currently using Steris Ste am Sterilizers. These sterilizer carts have damaged tracks and worn parts. The repairs must be performed by trained technicians. All companies must provide documentation proving that their technicians are certified on the equipment specified above. Additionally, the contractor must provide documentation of at a minimum 3 occurrences of similar work. All additional parts used on in the cart track repairs must be certified new from the original manufacturer and must not be gray market parts. The contract price shall be firm-fixed, all inclusive, and not limited to specified product/equipment, installation, and setup/configuration. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS Repair of Steris Steam Sterilizer Carts. Supply Specifications: Must be original equipment replacement parts. Delivery Schedule. Contractor shall have up to 1 day to begin the repairs of equipment after receiving confirmation from the COR. Warranty. The warranty and support must cover all components of the requirement in accordance with standard manufacturer s warranty. Please respond if you can provide the following items; Item # Description/Part Number* Qty P150828051 AXLE, TRANSFER CAR 8 P046038061 PIN COTTER 32 P129353322 RING, RETAINING STNLS STL 16 P129353293 FLAT WASHER 1/2ID,1-1/4OD 32 P150829734 WHEEL 32 P056402211 SWIVEL CASTER SUB ASY 16 P150829733 BEARING, RULON 32 P056402210 RIGID CASTER SUB ASY 16 P056401537 AXLE 16 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 brand name 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. 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 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 Shannon.West1.@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than April 10, 2020 13:00 CST. 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.