Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q0330 Texarkana VA Clinic Audiometric... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q0330 Texarkana VA Clinic Audiometric Sound Booth Background: The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) is requesting an Audiometric Sound Booth to preform hearing exams for the Audiology & Speech Pathology Department. This Sound booth shall meet OSHA requirements for diagnostic evaluation of hearing acuity at the new Texarkana VA CBOC. Place of Performance: Texarkana VA Clinic 5700 Summerhill Road Texarkana, Tx. 75503 Item # Description/Part Number/Service* Qty Price Extended Amount  0001 DRAWING 20P086-D1 IN ATTACHMENT H-123 RF H-BATTEN ROOM Local Stock Number Eckel 1 EA 0002 INSTALL H- BATTEN S123 SINGLE DOUBLE. RF EXAM Local Stock Number Factory 1 JB 0003 SHIPPING - PROCIVE FORKLIFE TO OFF-LOAD MATERIAL Local Stock Number N/A 1 JB Salient Characteristics for Audiometer: Suggested Manufacturer Brand Name; Eckel Manufacture for the Military or EQUIVALENT as listed below: ITEM SPECIFICATIONS FEATURES: 36"W X 73 3/4"H CLEAR OPENING DOORS C/W 22"W x 20"H ACOUSTIC WINDOWS IN EXAM & 36"W x 73 3/4"H C/O DOOR IN CONTROL 24"W X 30"H DOUBLE GLAZED 1/4" ACOUSTIC WINDOW S BETWEEN ROOMS STATIC EXHAUST AND STATIC INTAKE CEILING SILENCERS C/W 8" COLLARS JACK PANEL C/W FIFTEEN 1/4" PHONE JACKS, TWO USB, TWO HDMI & ONE 1" PASS-THRU LED CEILING LIGHTING STANDARD CARPETING 4" THICK FLOOR C/W RD-3 GREEN ISOLATORS TWO QUAD OUTLETS, 4 DUPLEX OUTLETS & TWO LIGHT DIMMER SWITCHES CSA APPROVED ELECTRICAL: 120V, 12A, 60HZ EMPTY UTILITY BOX FOR FIRE ALARM STROBE EMPTY UTILITY BOX FOR THERMOSTAT EMPTY UTILITY BOX FOR DATA CONNECTIONS SPRINKLER ACCESS HOLE IN BOTH CONTROL & EXAM Installation: Installation of this equipment will coincide with a construction contract for the Texarkana VA Clinic project. 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 Ayanna.Hamilton@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than 01/27/2021. 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.