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This is a PRE-SOLICITATION/SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only. The Government has a requirement two (2) each Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Systems for Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water Production for the... This is a PRE-SOLICITATION/SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only. The Government has a requirement two (2) each Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Systems for Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water Production for the Ft Meade, SD VA (one) and Hot Springs, SD (one). The Government intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for the purchase of these items. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Responses to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Veteran Owned and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this RFI. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing - with a SBA Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees. PSC is 4610, Water Purification Equipment. Your response must address capabilities specific to the services required in the below Description of Work, in addition to all other information required below. 1. Please identify any of your firm s existing contract vehicles (e.g., GSA federal supply schedules) which provide commodities similar to those described in the Description & Salient Characteristics. 2. Please provide all social-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC. All questions and responses must be submitted via email, no phone calls will be accepted. Please note Black Hills Reverse Osmosis in the subject line of your response. Point of Contact: Mark Chase (TAG), Contract Specialist: mark.chase1@va.gov Description & Salient Characteristics Potable tap water as source Ion Exchange Method of Purification Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water quality according to CAP 15189 accreditation to the ISO 15189:2007 standard Full monitoring and water quality archiving capabilities that allow storage of up to six months Microorganisms of < 1 CFU/mL Direct to Analyzer flow rate of 2 Liters (L)/min 200 L per day production capacity Voltage : 100-230 V Height 58.5 cm (23 in) approx. Width 26.8 cm (10.6 in) approx. Depth 42.6 cm (16.8 in) approx. Operating Weight <28 kg (61.7 lb) approx.