Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) Biloxi In Support of the Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C25621Q1287 BACKGROUN... Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) Biloxi In Support of the Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C25621Q1287 BACKGROUND: Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System is implementing a project for employee well-being carts. The carts will be utilized in all areas of the Biloxi campus that are not located in Building 30 where the physical employee well-being room will be located. The carts will also be utilized at all of our CBOC clinics. The carts will allow employees to utilize almost all items that are located within the fixed physical employee well-being room in Building 30, thereby affording them opportunities to benefit from things on the cart such as aromatherapy, massage, relaxation activities, virtual reality, and so much more. Please respond if you can provide the following item(s); Commercial grade storage carts on wheels with a keyless locking system. Specifications/Characteristics: Commercial grade Rust, dent, and chip resistant Handle(s) with comfortable grip Locking wheels Max length/width 42 ; min length/width 32 Max depth 30 ; min depth 22 Max height 45 ; min height 40 At least 2 drawers/cabinets At least 1 drawer/cabinet with minimum 9 depth Drawers/cabinets must be open for storage (not divided into numerous tiny storage spaces such as a medication dispensing cart) Keyless locking system required Keypad highly preferred Ability to track unlock events highly preferred Auto-relock after a preset amount of time highly preferred Attached power strip, highly preferred Flat top surface Preferred colors: light blue, white, or gray 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 or equal 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 or Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)/Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), 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 Jeff Mason, jeffery.mason2@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 30th, 2022 by 2:00 pm 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.