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Page 2 of 2 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to purchase two (2) Nobel BioCare OsseoSet300 or Equal dental drill units for the VA P... Page 2 of 2 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to purchase two (2) Nobel BioCare OsseoSet300 or Equal dental drill units for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether-or-not sources are capable of providing the requested supply. This notice allows potential contractors/vendors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. Network Contracting Office (NCO 21) is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. This Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 339112 and Size Standard of 1,000 employees. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors are requested to respond to this notice but are required to respond to the official solicitation announcement in order to be awarded the contract. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking vendors who can provide two (2) Nobel BioCare OsseoSet300 or Equal dental drill units for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. The vendors must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for this notice. See salient characteristics below. Salient Characteristics Brand Name or Equal: Industry Standard Meets American Dental Association standards Features Wireless foot control you can choose the optimum position in the work area Drill protocols can be customized for multiple surgeons in the practice Automatic torque control provides accurate torque delivery, can be adjusted from 5 to 80 Ncm Color touchscreen with user-friendly menu guidance Glass surface for easy cleaning Automatic thread cutting function Includes two (2) of each of the following or equal OsseoSet 300 1015, NW, 19LC, WS-75 (US) [87289] OsseoSet 300 SI-1015, 120V (US) [NB30289002] Foot Control S-NW CAN-Bus (wireless) [NB30264002] Motor with Cable 1.8m EM-19 LC [NB30281000] Surgical Contra-angle WS-75 L, 20:1 [NB30033001] INSTRUCTIONS: RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Company Name, Address, Point of Contact (POC) name, email address, and phone number. Business Size with Economic Status, and Unique Entity ID No. (a) Indicate whether your business is large or small (b) If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantages business (c) If disadvantages, specify under which disadvantaged group and if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (d) Indicate if your firm is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) (e) State whether your firm is registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. Capabilities Statement. Indicate whether you hold a GSA Federal-Supply-Schedule contract that covers this type of request. If so, please provide the Schedule contract number. Product name(s), number(s), delivery time after receipt of order, and pricing (delivery terms are FOB Destination and any freight or shipping costs must be included in item price with delivery to zip code 94304-1207). Place of Manufacturing. Authorized Distributorship Letter issued from the manufacturer (if applicable). If any portions of the salient characteristics are unclear, prohibited, and/or you are unsure about the description of the requirement please list your comments and/or concerns in your response so they can be addressed. Response is due by Tuesday, July 5th at 12:00 p.m. Pacific. Please submit e-mail responses to Leah Smith, Contract Specialist, at email address: leah.smith@va.gov. Please place OsseoSet or Equal AP4648 in the subject line of your email. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these supplies and/or services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exists at this time; however, in the event the acquisition strategy demonstrates that GSA is a viable option for procuring a solution, the RFQ shall be posted to GSA eBuy where only those firms who currently hold a GSA Schedule with the applicable SIN will be able to respond. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking quotes nor accepting unsolicited quotes, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought notice.