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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q1403 STATEMENT OF WORK Overton Brook... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q1403 STATEMENT OF WORK Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) Vital Signs Monitor BACKGROUND The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center located at 510 E. Stoner Ave; Shreveport, LA 71101 is requesting Vital Signs Monitor for the Texarkana Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). Salient Characteristics: A new Vital Signs Monitor with the following requirements and key features which will be used to complete this project. Suggested Manufacturer Brand Name; Welch Allyn or EQUIVALENT as listed below: Item # Product Code Description/Part Number/Service* Qty Price Extended Amount 0001 98770 WELCH ALLYN SPOT VITAL SIGNS 4400 WITH NIBP AND SURETEMP 19 EA 0002 98773 WELCH ALLYN SPOT VITAL SIGNS 4400 MOBILE STAND 19 EA 0003 Freight 1 EA END OF STATEMENT 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 07/27/2021. 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.