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Responses must be received no later than Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. PST. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONST... Responses must be received no later than Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. PST. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND OTHER MARKET INFORMATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED UNDER THIS RFI IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) FAR 15.201(e). DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. IAW FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. SOURCES SOUGHT DESCRIPTION This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought/RFI only. The purpose of this sources sought/RFI is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 336320. Responses to these sources sought will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to these sources sought, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to these sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses for a solicitation announcement. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 22 Network Contracting Office, is seeking sources that can provide Tire Forklift that at a minimum meets the salient characteristics for the VA Long Beach Healthcare System: Contract Title Pneumatic Tire Forklift Scope This supply of Pneumatic Tire Forklift is for use in the air conditioning and refrigeration shop in order to receive heavy materials that are being delivered, that required a forklift to unload the material safely during business hours from 6am-5pm and afterhours as needed. Contractor will provide all equipment and functions, software updates and customer service. Contractor will provide web-based software to include all available functions and software updates and customer service. Contractor will provide software updates and customer service for mobile applications. Salient Characteristics See below Place of Performance 5901 E. 7th Street. Long Beach, CA 90822 Delivery Date 14 weeks from date of award. Items Needed Line Item Part Number Description Quantity 1 GLP080VX YALE SOLID PNEUMATIC TIRE FORKLIFT 1 The information identified above is intended to be descriptive, not restrictive and to indicate the quality of the supplies/services that will be satisfactory. It is the responsibility of the interested source to demonstrate to the government that the interested parties can provide the supplies/services that fulfill the required specifications. If you are interested and are capable of providing the sought-out supplies/services, please provide the requested information as well as the information indicated below. If you are interested and are capable of providing the sought-out supplies/services, please provide the requested information as well as the information indicated below. Response to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to the following questions: (1) Please indicate the size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc. (2) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? (3) Are you the manufacturer or distributor of the items being referenced above (or equivalent product/solution)? What is the manufacturing country of origin of these items? (4) If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above (or equivalent product/solution), do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? (5) Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with NASA SEWP or any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number. (6) If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or NASA SEWP contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract? (7) Please provide general pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes. (8) Please submit your capabilities in regards to the salient characteristics being provided and any information pertaining to equal to items to establish capabilities for planning purposes? *** Submissions addressing Section (8) should show clear, compelling and convincing*** evidence that all equal to items" meet all required salient characteristics. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Luis.Cervantes@va.gov. Telephone responses shall not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than February 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. PST. If a solicitation is issued it shall be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this request for information. Responses to this notice are not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. Salient Characteristics for Brand name or equal; Yale GLP080VX Solid Pneumatic Tire Forklift Manufacturer - Yale. Model # for this forklift must be GLP080VX. Engine for this Forklift must be equipped with a Kubota 3.8L LPG. Rated capacity of this forklift must be equal to 8000lb./3629Kg. Load center of this Forklift must not exceed 24in, and Distance must be equal to 610mm. Power Type of this Forklift must be equipped with LPG. Operator Type of this Forklift must be a Sit- Down Rider. Step Height of this forklift must not exceed 17.4in./441mm Tire Type of this Forklift must be equipped with Pneumatic Tires. Wheels of this Forklift must be equipped with X driven configuration, Number of wheels Front/ Rear must be 2x/2. Forklift Lift Height, Top of Fork (TOF), must be equal to 120in./3050mm. Forklift Lift Heights, Standard Limited Free Lift (LFL) with LBR (TOF), must be equal to 4in./ 100mm. Forklift Lift Heights, Optional Full Free Lift (LFL) with LBR (TOF), must be equal to 36in./924mm. Standard Carriage Width of Forklift must be equal to 48in./1219mm. Forklift Forks, Thickness x Width x Length must be equal to 2 x 5 x 48in./50 x 125 x 1219mm. Forklift Fork Spread, outside Dimensions must be equal to 43.5in./1106mm. Mast Tilt Angles, Forward/Backward on Forklift must not exceed 6/10 degrees. Forklift Length to Face of Forks must be equal to 116in./2946mm. Forklift Overall Width, Standard Tread must be equal to 55.2in./1402mm. Forklift Overall Width, Wide Tread must be equal to 58.5in./1485mm. Height, Standard Mast lowered on Forklift must be equal to 86in./2171mm. Height, Standard Mast Extended with LBR on Forklift must be equal to 170in./4297mm. Height, Standard Mast Extended without LBR on Forklift must be equal to 151in./3815mm. Height, Standard Overhead Guard on Forklift must not exceed 89in./2260mm. Height, Optional Overhead Guard on Forklift must not exceed 87in/2193mm. Height, Overhead Guard with Operator Cab on Forklift must not exceed 90in./2281mm. Forklift Turning Radius, Minimum Outside (OTR), must not exceed 101.2in./2570mm. Length, Center of Wheel to Face of Forks on Forklift must be equal to 20.6in/523mm. Aisle Width, Right Angle Stack (Add Length of Load) must not exceed 121.8in./3093mm. Equal Aisle, 90-Degree Intersecting Aisle (48 L x 40 W Load) must not exceed 90.6in./2302mm. Travel Speed RL/NL 1-speed of Forklift must not exceed 12.2-12.8mph/19.7-20.6km/h. Travel Speed RL/NL 2-speed of Forklift must not exceed 15.7-16 mph /25.2-25.7km/h. Forklift, Lift Speed, Standard 2-Stage LFL RL/NL must be equal to 121-125ft/min/.61-.63m/s. Forklift, Lift Speed, Optional 2-Stage FFL RL/NL must be equal to 108-111ft/min/.54-.56m/s. Forklift, Lift Speed, Optional 3-Stage FFL RL/NL must be equal to 113-117ft/min/.57-.59m/s. Forklift, Lowering Speed, Standard 2-Stage LFL RL/NL must be equal to 108-93ft/min/55/47 m/s. Forklift, Lowering Speed, Optional 2-Stage FFL RL/NL must be equal to 98-71ft/min/50-36m/s. Forklift, Lowering Speed, Optional 3-Stage FFL RL/NL must be equal to 104-87ft/min/.53-.44m/s. Forklift must be equipped with a side-shift function to shift load from side to side. Forklift, Max Drawbar Pull RL/NL 1-Speed must not exceed 5918-3406 lb./2685-1545kg. Forklift, Max Drawbar Pull RL/NL 2-Speed must not exceed 7126-3406 lb./3232-1545kg. Forklift, Drawbar Pull @ 1 mph RL/NL 1-speed must not exceed 5077-3406 lb./2303-1545kg. Forklift, Drawbar Pull @ 1 mph RL/NL 2-Speed must not exceed 6002-3406 lb./2722-1545kg. Forklift, Max Gradeability RL/NL 1-Speed must not exceed 29-27%. Forklift, Max Gradeability RL/NL 2-Speed must not exceed 36-27%. Forklift, Gradeability @ 1 mph RL/NL 1-Speed must not exceed 25-27%. Forklift, Gradeability @ 1 mph RL/NL 2-Speed must not exceed 30-27%. Weight, Standard Truck (Standard 2-Stg, LFL) NL must not exceed 13274 lb. (6021) kg. Weight, Standard Truck (Standard 2-Stg, LFL) RL must not exceed 21274 lb. (9650) kg. Axle Loading, Static Front/Rear NL must not exceed 5756/7518 lb. (2611/3410) kg. Axle Loading, Static Front/Rear RL must not exceed 18707/2567 lb. (8485/1164) kg. Forklift Tire Size, Front must be equipped with 250 x15 20 Ply Tires. Forklift Tire Size, Rear must be equipped with 7.00 x 12 14 Ply Tires. Overall wheelbase of Forklift must not exceed 72in./1830mm. Forklift Ground Clearance, Lowest point NL (with RL subtract 6mm) must not exceed 5.9in./151mm. Forklift Ground Clearance, Center of Wheelbase NL must not exceed 7.6in./194mm. Forklift must be equipped with a Foot/Hydraulic Service Brake for Method of Control/Operation. Forklift must be equipped with a Hand/Mechanical Parking Brake for Method of Control/Operation. Maintenance free Battery type must be equipped on Forklift. Battery volts must be equal to 12 volts and must be capable of producing 475 cold cranking amps. Forklift must have a PSI 3.8L V4 Engine manufactured by Kubota, with a model number equal to WG3800 LPG. Permanent Output of Forklift must be equal to 74hp/55kW @ 1800RPM. Overall Torque @ Rated RPM must be equal to 221ft/lbs./300kg/m @ 1000RPM. Forklift must be equipped with 4 Cylinders with a Displacement equal to 3769cc/230ci. Standard speed of forklift must be equal to 1 for Forward and 1 for reverse. Hydraulic Tank Capacity for forklift must be equal to 13.5gal/51.0 liter. Forklift Auxiliary Hydraulic Pressure Relief for Attachments must be equal to 2250PSI/15.5Mpa. Purchase of Forklift must include Extended Protection Plan of 60 Months / 10,000 Hours Standard Comprehensive Part and Component Coverage that pays Parts and Labor Only.