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PROJECT: Orthotic Soft goods/Prosthetics BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Commodities and Services Acquisition Service (CSAS), hereinafter called "the Agency", is conducting market ... PROJECT: Orthotic Soft goods/Prosthetics BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Commodities and Services Acquisition Service (CSAS), hereinafter called "the Agency", is conducting market research and seeking information and comment through this Request for Information (RFI) from all interested vendors regarding the availability of orthotic soft good and prosthetic commercial item(s) described in this document. Vendors should note that responses to this RFI may in part be utilized by the Agency in a determination whether or not to set aside particularly listed Agency items or item exclusively for participation by various small business socio-economic concerns. A vendor may choose to provide a RFI response to one or more of the listed items. The term vendor refers to those members of industry providing a response to this RFI. RFI responses must be accurate and must be made individually to each item. This is a Request for Information only. It is not an invitation to submit any offers or bids. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. Do not submit any offers or bids in response to this (RFI). Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Agency to form a binding contract. The Agency will not award a contract on the basis of this RFI nor will it pay for information. Please see attached Draft Minimum Technical Requirements for the following products: 1. Forefoot Off-Loading Shoe (A9283) 2. Transtibial Variable Compression Shrinker with Silver (L8440) 3. Suspension Sleeve (L5685) Questions / Information Requests: This information request is for commercially available products. Please address all questions listed below with your response. You may provide any information and comments that you believe would be useful to the Agency in its describing of the item and the associated minimum technical requirements. 1. What is your company name, address, and point of contact information? 2. Is your company a United States business? If not, identify the country? 3. Does your company offer a commercially available item (s) as listed above and described on the attached draft minimum technical requirements? Please list each product by name, to include its brand name. Provide an on-line link describing the product if available. 4. Is your company the actual manufacturer of the item (s), you listed above or is you re a company a distributor of the item? 5. If your company is not the manufacturer, who is, and where is the product manufactured? Provide online link if available. 6. Information Request: Submit a copy of your commercial retail pricing for the item. 7. Regarding the size of your company, is it more than 750 employees? 8. Is your company a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) as described by FAR Part 2? 9. Is your company a Veteran Owned Small business (VOSB) as described by FAR Part 2? 10. If your company is a (SDVOSB) or (VOSB), is it verified in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Vendor Information Pages? See https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ 11. What is the socio-economic status (See FAR Parts 2 and 19 for definitions) of your company? 12. Has your company completed representations regarding its socioeconomic status on the https://www.sam.gov website? Responses: This RFI for Orthotic Soft Goods and Prosthetic products, is an RFI to collect market information for planning purposes. It does not reflect nor does it limit the amount of different items being procured. Responses must be submitted to Department of Veterans Affairs, Commodity Services and Acquisition Services (CSAS), on or before 4:30 PM Mountain Time on Tuesday, July 06, 2021. Incomplete responses may be excluded as market research of future solicitations. Please e-mail responses. Note, however, that our e-mail function is very limited as to the size of file that it can receive, approximately 5mb per e-mail. Please e-mail RFI responses to: brian.redding@va.gov, and susan.delacruz@va.gov . In the e-mail subject line please identify as an RFI response. Any questions must be e-mailed to Brian Redding and Susan Dela Cruz (see e-mails above) by 12:00 PM (noon) Mountain Time on Friday, June 25, 2021. E-mail communication must include the company name, address, point of contact name and title, e-mail address, and telephone number.