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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PL... SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES 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). ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI THAT IS MARKED AS PROPRIETARY WILL BE HANDLED ACCORDINGLY. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 334516 with 1,000 employee small business size standard. If VA s pending market research establishes that two or more Service Disables Veteran Own Small Business/ Veteran Owned Small Business who are certified in VA s Vendor Information website https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ eligible and capable, VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. §8127. General Requirement: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 22 is seeking sources that can provide Hematology analyzers on a Cost Per Test (CPT) basis to include the instrumentation, service, training, reagents, standards, controls, supplies, parts and provide all hardware, software to connect the system to existing VA network. This requirement is for the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN 22), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (PALMS). Participating Healthcare Facilities: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GLA 11301 Wilshire Blvd. B500/RM. 1271 Los Angeles, CA 90073 LAACC 351 E. Temple St. 3rd floor room A329 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Sepulveda 16111 Plummer St. B200/RM1911 North Hills, CA 91343 Santa Maria 1550 East Main Street Santa Maria, CA 93454 VA Long Beach Healthcare System 5901 East 7th Street Long Beach, CA 90822 VA Loma Linda Healthcare System 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 VA New Mexico Healthcare System 1501 San Pedro SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System 500 HW 89N Prescott, AZ 86113 VA Phoenix Healthcare System 650 E Indian School Road Phoenix, AZ 85012 VA Southern Arizona Healthcare System 3601 S 6th Ave Tucson, AZ 85723 The attached Statement of Work (SOW) is a draft that describes the requirement. The information identified in the SOW are intended to be descriptive, not restrictive, or inclusive, 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 they can provide the supplies/services that fulfill the required specifications. Please note the SOW is a draft and can be revised based on the information from the responses received. Please see attached SOW and Attachment A. Schedule for more details. If you are interested and capable of providing the sought-out supplies/services, please provide the requested information below: Company Name: Address: Contact Name: Phone No: Email: DUNS: Business size information Select all that applies: Small Business Emerging Small Business Small Disadvantaged Business Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act HubZone Woman Owned Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small in Vetbiz.gov Certified Veteran Owned Small Business in Vetbiz.gov Large Business Other:____________ 1. Is your company considered small under NAICS 334516? 2. Are you the manufacturer, distributor, or an equivalent solution to the items being referenced above? 3. If you are a small business and authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified or equivalent solution, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in anyway? If yes, what is altered; assembled; modified? 4. Does your company have FSS contract with GSA, NAC, NASA SEWP, other federal contract holder? Please provide contract number. 4a. Are the item/solution you are recommending available on your schedule/contract? 5. Please provide general pricing of your products/solution for market research purposes. 6. Please submit your capabilities that show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that you can meet the requirement described in the SOW and Attachment A. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Anthony Dela Cruz at Anthony.delacruz@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than June 24, 2021, 4:00 pm PST. Submissions shall be limited to ten (10) pages and maximum email file size of 3MB. Please reference RFI notice 36C26221Q0901 in email subject line for inquiries no later than June 23, 2021, 4:00 pm PST. If a solicitation is issued it will be published on https://beta.sam.gov/ and/or https://www.ebuy.gsa.gov at a later date. A solicitation is not currently available. Interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from this source sought. Response to this source sought is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the later solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose to make appropriate acquisition decisions.