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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) - HOUSTON In Support of the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C25621Q1728 BACKGROUND:... Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) - HOUSTON In Support of the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C25621Q1728 BACKGROUND: The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Dental Service, is seeking CHIROPRO L / CHIROPRO Bien-Air Dental system designed to control a dental micromotor which can drive a dental hand-piece fitted with appropriate tools to cut hard and soft tissues in the mouth and to screw dental implants to be used in dentistry for implantology, dental surgery and endodontic work at G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center. Please respond if you can provide the following item(s); BRAND Description Quantity Bien Air CHIROPRO L PREMIUM, GOVERNMENT Bien-Air (#BA-1700463-GOV) 1 EA Bien Air CA 20141, CONTRA ANGLED HANDPIECE, 20:1 RATION, W/LIGHT, MICRO SERIES, GOVERNMENT Bien-Air (#BA-1600692-GOV) 1 EA Bien Air PM 1221 STRAIGHT HANDPIECE, 1:2 RATION, 45mm BUR, W/DISPOSBLE NOSE CONES, GOVERNMENT Bien-Air (#BA-1600436-GOV) 1 EA Bien Air IRRIGATION LINES STERILE, DISPOSABLE, EXTENDED 10/PKG CHIROPROL/CHIROPRO ONLY Bien-Air (#1501738-010) 1 EA Bien Air LUBRIFUILD, 500ML CAN, LUBRICANT FOR DRILLS QTY in PKG: 010 Bien-Air (#1600064-001) 1 EA Bien Air SPRAYNET, 500ML CAN, CLEANING SPRAY FOR DRILLS QTY in PKG: 001 Bien-Air (#1600036-001) 1 EA REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this RFI 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 General Service Administration (GSA) or VA, Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 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, FSS 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). Responses should include: (1) Business Name (2) Business Address (3) Point of Contact Name Phone Number E-mail Address (4) DUNS Number (5) NAICS code (6) Business Size: SMALL or LARGE (7) Type of Business: SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED (SDVOSB), VETERAN OWNED (VOSB), 8A, HUBZone, WOMAN-OWNED (WOSB), etc. (8) Letter stating OEM authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment and/or services if applicable (9) GSA/FSS Contract Number if applicable 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 Christopher Vu, christopher.vu2@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 20th, 2021 by 8:30 am CT. 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.