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

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 21 will be issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) for the procurement of Cancer Treatment Laboratory Equip... THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 21 will be issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) for the procurement of Cancer Treatment Laboratory Equipment for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Please refer to the solicitation for a summary of the items requested and any additional procurement details. A Request for Quote using the following NAICS is contemplated: 334516 THIS RFQ SHALL BE 100% TOTAL SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB). Solicitation documents will be available on or about April 26, 2023. The solicitation will contain quote instructions. The Government intends to award one (1) firm-fixed priced contract. Questions regarding the solicitation shall be sent in writing to Edward Hunter at Edward.hunter@va.gov.

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

The US Government requires the purchase of the set of equipment composed of 20 items as specified below for individual items in the set because the equipment provides for the following functional feat... The US Government requires the purchase of the set of equipment composed of 20 items as specified below for individual items in the set because the equipment provides for the following functional features: preparation and mixing of various solutions of controlled composition and biological samples of variable volume; incubation of the samples of variable sizes at variable temperature and under variable shaking or rotating conditions; centrifugation of various samples of variable size; measurements of absorbance of small-volume biological samples; detection and imaging of various processed or unprocessed biological specimens; assistance with small-animal surgery; count of the number of cultured human and animal cells; determination of the levels of the expression of various genes and proteins by using polymerase chained reaction and immunological, histological, and immunochemical methods of detection.

Inactive

Page 3 of 3 This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21 is performing market research to determine if there are any vendors with economic... Page 3 of 3 This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21 is performing market research to determine if there are any vendors with economic status of Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned, Women Owned, and other Small Businesses that can provide the required Brand Name or Equal requirement for Cancer Treatment Laboratory Equipment to determine their availability, capability and adequacy. Responses to this Sources Sought will be used for market research purposes. This requirement is for the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 21) procurement to provide the Cancer Treatment Laboratory Equipment to the Medical Treatment Facilities at Palo Alto. There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 334516 with Small Business size of 1,000 employees. NOTE: Please ensure that System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. If you are responding as an SD/VOSB vendor, you must be verified on the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ AND your verification must indicate this NAICS code. Only firms interested and capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to Edward.hunter@va.gov no later than 12:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, April 11, 2023. If interested, please provide the following information: Name of Company Point of Contact Name, phone number, and email address SAMS Unique Entity ID Number Socio-economic status such as Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, VOSB, Women-Owned Small Business, etc. should be included. SDVOSB/VOSB status and NAICS will be verified using VIP. Capability statement(s) Authorized Distributor Memo on Manufacturers letterhead Indicate if any other relevant information such as FSS or GSA contract availability DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a source sought notice. See attached draft Saliant Characteristics.