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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VISN 23 Sources Sought: The VA facilities in VISN 23 are looking for vendors that are authorized distributors of the products l... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VISN 23 Sources Sought: The VA facilities in VISN 23 are looking for vendors that are authorized distributors of the products listed below. We have immediate need for these items and are asking vendors with quantities on hand to respond for consideration. Please include in your response documentation that you are an authorized distributor of this product from the manufacturer. Responses that are not from an authorized distributor will not be considered. INTERESTED SOURCES SHALL RESPOND BY: Please submit response no later than 3:00pm CST Thursday, April 21, 2022 All responses and questions must be emailed to Joseph.Bennett@va.gov and must include in the subject line: Sources Sought, B&D Butterfly Needles POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: 1. Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address. 2. State which of these Brand Name items your firm distributes. 3. SAM Unique Entity Identifier. 4. NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code that your firm uses for butterfly needles. 5. State if your firm is a large business, small business, service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, HUB zone 8(a), women-owned small business or a small-disadvantaged business. 6. State if your firm has the required items on Schedule (FSS, GSA, other…). 7. A letter, or other document, confirming that your firm is an authorized distributor of the manufacturer from the manufacturer. Grey goods are not acceptable. NOTE: Responses that are not from an authorized distributor will not be considered. 8. State if your firm has the required quantities on hand and can respond to a potential solicitation in the near future. REQUIRED ITEM and Salient Characteristics: Blood Draw Butterfly Needles – Becton Dickinson (BD) 21G (Quantity Needed – 80,000) BD 367365 BD Safety-Lok 367281 BD 367365 BD 367344 BD 367344 BD 367365 BD 367287 23G (Quantity Needed – 80,000) BD Safety-Lok 367283 BD 367364 BD 367342 BD 367342 BD 367364 BD 367297 BD 367292 25G (Quantity Needed – 10,000) BD 367363 DISCLAIMER AND ADDITIONAL NOTICES: Responses may be used as research to better understand the market place or for creating a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this or future information requests. Because this is a request for information only, answers to questions may not be posted. AT THIS TIME NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. (DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION). This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s.) *** End ***