Inactive Local Area Set-Aside (FAR 26.2)

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q0476 BACKROUND: The Michael E. ... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q0476 BACKROUND: The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is looking to lease self-storage facility. The Veterans Care and Transitional Services Care Line is issuing this request for our Heath Care for Homeless Veterans Program to utilize off site storage. The storage will provide space to store Mattresses, Office Bed Kits, Tents with Poles, and Supplies. Scope: The need for the program is to lease three units, 2 (10 x 20) and 1 (10 x 30). Storage must be able to accommodate 25 ft. tent poles, which will be storage in the 10 x 30 storage unit. The unit storing 25ft. tent poles must be outside of the building as 25ft. poles can t fit into the building. The storage units should have climate control for VAMC Mattresses and Bed Kits Period of Performance: Base Year: 1 April 2021 through 30 September 2021 First Year: 1 October 2021 through 30 September 2022 Second Year: 1 October 2022 through 30 September 2023 Third Year: 1 October 2023 through 30 September 2024 Place of Performance: Storage Facility must have climate control, along with 24hour access, alarm services, and be no more than 1 mile from the MEDVAMC (2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030). END OF SATEMENT OF WORK 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 02/25/2021. 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.