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1. Title: OsmoPro Max Osmometer 2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, located at Galleria Financial Center, 5075 Westheimer Rd, Ste 750, Houston, TX 77056, hereby issues the following S... 1. Title: OsmoPro Max Osmometer 2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, located at Galleria Financial Center, 5075 Westheimer Rd, Ste 750, Houston, TX 77056, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for one name brand or equal OsmoPro Max Osmometer. Contractor shall provide all personnel, installation, training, validation, labor, tools, shipping, and delivery for one name brand or equal OsmoPro Max Osmometer. Government request that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement. 3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide all personnel, installation, training, validation, labor, tools, shipping, and delivery for one name brand or equal OsmoPro Max Osmometer. Specifications/Characteristics (Meet or Exceed) Salient Characteristics:Independent nucleic acid extraction and purification Instrument must have the following characteristics: Determine osmolality by using freezing point depression method. Touchscreen user interface. Pipette cleaning station. Fluid management system. Ready-to-use system fluid automates cleaning between samples for up to 500 tests. Ethernet and multiple USB ports. Integrated bar code scanner with software control. Primary tube carousel holds up to 20 samples with continuously load and unload a variety of primary tube sizes. User-friendly touchscreen and video instruction. Color-coded interactive operation system. Onboard video instruction guides users through simple cleaning, maintenance, and calibration workflows. Pipetting system features liquid-level sensing and crash detection circuitry that automate sample handling by precisely delivering a 150 µL sample Turntable that holds up to 20 sample tubes with continuous loading of up to 500 samples. PCR amplification using thermal cycling across 24 lanes Real time detection of products of amplification Identification of each Sample Buffer tube by external barcode reader Work List verification by internal barcode reader Fluorescence detection at up to five wavelengths, allowing multiplex reactions by Cycle threshold (Ct) call, or multiplex reactions by melt analysis Qualitative, quantitative and melt sample analysis Has automated pipetting and sample level detection. Must be able to automate pipette cleaning between each sample to prevent carryover and cross-contamination. Able to sample from a specimen with a minimum volume of 150 µL. Must be able to accommodate tube sizes between 11mm and 17 mm in width and 75mm and 115 mm in height. Measure rane of 0 to 2000 mOsm/kg H2O Instrument able to scan label sample ID barcodes to identify samples and be able to manually enter sample IDs. Accuracy must have a Mean value +/- 2 mOsm/kg H2O from nominal value between 0 and 400 mosm/kg H2O (1 SD) and Mean value +/-0.5% from nominal value greater than 400 to 2000 mOsm/kg H2O (1 SD) Precision must have an standard deviation 2 mOsm/kg H2O between 0 and 400 mOsm/kg H2O and coefficient of variation 0.5% greater than 400 to 2000 mOsm/kg H2O. Have test time of less than or eqaual to 3 minutes (180 seconds) for each sample test. Have communication USB 2.0 Type A ports, USB 2.0 Type B port, Ethernet 10/100, RJ45 connector port. Reports in mOsm/kg H2O units. Have a minimum of a 3 point calibration for low range and a minimum of a 4 point calibration for full range. Comes with onboard printer, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, 4 USB 1.0/1.1/2.0, and integrated bar code scanner and/or have prephreial printer connection. Is accurate from 0 to 400 mOsm: mean value 2 mOsm/kg H2O. And from a nominal value 400 to 4000 mOsm: mean value 0.5% mOsm/kg H2O from nominal value. Is precise (within run) of a standard deviation 2 mOsm/kg H2O between 0 and 400 and a of a standard deviation 0.5% mOsm/kg H2O between 400 and 4000. Able to operate between -18°C to 35°C and operate in 5% to 80% relative humidity. Electrical Voltage requirements 100 to 240 VAC (50-60 Hz) and power consumption of 60 Watts or less. Has the following dimensions (D x W x H) 16.5 (D) X 14 (W) X 18 (H) [36cm x 42cm x 46cm]; net weight 40lb or less. Has Stat testing capability. Can program replicate testing. Has automatic sample identification. Has a real-time QC status indicator and capable of primary vial control testing. 4. Place of Performance: Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS), 400 Veterans Ave, Biloxi MS 39531. 5. Responses Requested: The NCO 16 requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SS: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research. a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and SAM Unique Entity Identification Number. b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications. c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code: 339112? d. Do you (Contractor) manufacture the product itself or a distributor of the items being researched above? e. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM). f. Do you (Contractor) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a nonmanufacturer? g. Do you (Contractor) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule? h. Is your (Contractor) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. i. Is your (Contractor) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. j. Information for the product being requested, is it manufactured outside the US-Domestic non-available? k. Information for the product being requested, is it a foreign manufactured end product under the trade agreement? l. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the product? m. For the product required, Is your company available under any; Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC) General Services Administration Schedules (GSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) If so, please list the contract number for which the product can be procured under. n. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the SOW requirement/salient characteristics listed for the product being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison to the product meeting the specific requirements per the Sources Sought Notice. o. Contractors shall provide an estimated industry pricing for product for market research and budgetary purpose. 6. Opportunity: The NCO 16, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the NCO 16 in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. 7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by May 5, 2023 at 10:00 am (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov. All Questions shall be submitted by May 3, 2023 at 10:00 pm (CST) via email to anthony.marion2.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted. Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible. This a New Requirement. The subject line shall read: 36C25623Q0926 -RFI-Sources Sought- OsmoPro Max Osmometer. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(o). Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by NCO 16 as "market research" and will not be released outside of the NCO 16 Purchasing and Contract Team. This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ. 8. Contact Information: Contract Specialist, Anthony Marion Email address: anthony.marion2@va.gov Your responses to this notice are appreciated. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.