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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 FBO #6499
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66 -- Tri Carb Liquid Scintillation Counter 4810TR - Attachment

Notice Date

9/9/2019
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 22;4811 Airport Plaza Drive;Suite 600;Long Beach CA 90815
 

ZIP Code

90815
 

Solicitation Number

36C26219Q1330
 

Response Due

9/11/2019
 

Archive Date

9/21/2019
 

Point of Contact

Cynthia Dunbar
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION 1. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Business Capability, including Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB) interested and capable of providing the required equipment. 2. The NAICS for this requirement is NACIS 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. 3. Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice not later than 3:00 PM (EST) on September 11, 2019 by providing the following via email only to Cynthia Dunbar at Cynthia.dunbar3@va.gov. Please provide the following: a) company name b) address c) point of contact d) phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact e) DUNS number f) Type of small business, if applicable, (e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged Business, or Small Business). g) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to provide the required equipment with warranty to the VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161. Respondents are also encouraged to provide specific examples (e.g. contract number, point of contact information) of the Contractor s experience providing the same or similar equipment. 4. SDVOSB/VOSB respondents. a) If respondent is SDVOSB or VOSB, respondent is encouraged to provide proof of https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov certification. In addition, SDVOSB/VOSB Contractors are asked to acknowledge that they understand the limitations on sub-contracting pursuant to FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Sub-Contracting, which will be included in the impending solicitation. Further SDVOSB/VOSB contractors are asked to respond that they are capable of providing the requested equipment keeping within the parameters of this clause. b) Small businesses, including SDVOSB/VOSBS are also advised that per 13 CFR, § 125.6 the prime contractor's limitations on subcontracting are as follows: In order to be awarded a full or partial small business set-aside contract with a value greater than $150,000, an 8(a) contract, a SDVOSB/VOSB contract, a HUBZone contract, a WOSB or EDWOSB contract pursuant to part 127 of this chapter, a small business concern must agree, in the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to its firms that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. 5. Required Equipment: The Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN-22), VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) is seeking a contractor that can provide the following: ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER A481000 TRICARB LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER 4810TR 110V 0002 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER 7005451 4810TR S-D LABELED DPM 0003 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER 7001555 HP LASERJET PRINTER KIT 110V 0004 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER 5086347 UTILITY CART (ASSEMBLED) 0005 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER 7009002 INSTRUCTIONS ONLINE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT 0006 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ PERKIN ELMER N0209810 INSTALLATION 0007 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ REGULAR DELIVERY GRAND TOTAL __________________ 6. Equipment must include the following required Salient Characteristics and features: TR-LSC (Time-resolved Liquid Scintillation Counting) for high sensitivity, low background liquid scintillation counting QuantaSmart Software a robust multitasking, easy networking environment with unlimited assays in a secure multiuser environment SpectraWorks 2 spectral analysis package that determines optimal counting regions, and calculates figure of merit automatically Dynamic color correction ensures accuracy of tracking lower energy sample spectra over a wide quench range Auxiliary Spectrum Memory stores rejected events for future analysis Bi-directional sample conveyer with a capacity of up to 408 (20mL vials) or 720 (4 or 7 mL vials) Operational-status LED indicator for clear assay status updates at a glance Varisette: Provides the ability through hardware and Software to use small vials and large vials within the same protocol Varisette Starter Kit composed of: One (1) bottle of ULTIMA Gold 1L, 25x glass 20mL vials with foil-lined caps + 25x plastic 20 mL vials with PE caps 2 mixed trays, 40x glass 7mL vials with caps + 40x plastic 7ml vials with caps. One (1) mixed tray. Total = 50x glass and plastic capped 20mL vials and 40x glass and plastic capped mini-vials. Four (4) Boxes of cassettes (2 boxes large vial, 2 boxes small vial, including the stickers for identifying the type and number of cassette) One (1) large vial cassette One (1) small vial cassette Dynamic color-corrected single and dual label DPM: Corrects for differential quenching effects in multi-labeled samples Luminescence Detection and Correction: Removes interference from luminescence by detecting and recording only the chance coincidence (unwanted luminescence) events. These luminescence events are then subtracted from the total count 7. Please note that if VA s pending market research establishes that two or more VOSB or SDVOSB, who are certified in VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) site https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov, can provide the services, VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. §8127.   8. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications. 9. The Non-Manufacturer Rule (NMR) in accordance with 13 CFR § 121.406, September 4, 2019 applies to this acquisition. a) For small business set-asides other than construction or service contracts the prime contractor that s supplying products to the government is required to cover at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing those products. The non-manufacturer rule is an exception to that requirement. The rule allows a small business to supply products it did not manufacture as long as those products come from another small business. b) A manufacturer is defined as a business that, with its own facilities, performs primary activities in transforming inorganic or organic substances, including the assembly of parts and components, into the end product being acquired. In other words, a manufacturer makes or produces products. Businesses may qualify as a non-manufacturer if it meets the following criteria: Does not exceed 500 employees Is primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of products being supplied Will supply the end products of a small business manufacturer or processor made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such requirement See Title 13 Part 121.406 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for detailed information about the non-manufacturer rule. --End of Sources Sought Announcement
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/LBVANBC/VAMD/36C26219Q1330/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: 36C26219Q1330 36C26219Q1330_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=5146247&FileName=36C26219Q1330-000.docx)

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Record

SN05436053-W 20190911/190909230802-80ce34307988bc3c35983fc11c29efb0 (fbodaily.com)
 

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