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

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Arkansas In Support of the G.V. Sonny Montgomery (VAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q1540 BACKGROUND: The Central Arkansas Veterans Hea... Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Arkansas In Support of the G.V. Sonny Montgomery (VAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q1540 BACKGROUND: The Central Arkansas Veterans Health has a requirement for new auditorium seating for Eugene Towbin Building 68 ground floor that meet specifications for high quality threshold while integrating excellent environment stewardship. The location is 2200 Fort Roots Drive North Little Rock, AR Project Scope: This project is for (129) ground floor seating removal of existing and trash offsite then assembly and professional installation and maintenance/warranty services for new seating. LINE ITEM QTY UNIT ISSUE Hussey Seating Quattro classic series Model No. S3H3A 108 EACH Hussey Wheelchair accessible seating with right tablet arm 6 EACH Hussey seating Quattro classic series Model No. S3H3A 9 EACH Removal of existing and install new 1 EACH 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 Jennifer.Stasher@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 02, 2021 by 10:00am 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.