SOURCES SOUGHT
23 -- Electric Scooter
- Notice Date
- 5/13/2021 11:30:50 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336999
— All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) RIDGELAND MS 39157 USA
- ZIP Code
- 39157
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25621Q0938
- Response Due
- 5/5/2021 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 06/04/2021
- Point of Contact
- Corey L Labbe, Contracting Officer, Phone: 713-794-7792
- E-Mail Address
-
corey.labbe@va.gov
(corey.labbe@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK (VISN) 16 MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER (VAMC), HOUSTON, TEXAS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25621Q0938 BACKGROUND: The Biloxi, MS VAMC has a requirement for the following: Electric Scooters (Brand Name) All bucket seats Legroom 43 in Adjustable seat sliders 3 pt safety belts Adjustable driver seats Street legal Integrated Backup Camera High/low headlights LED brake lights and signals Self-cancelling turn signals Grab handles, dome light, and accessory outlet Automotive safety glass Windshield wiper Front wheel disc brakes Regenerative braking Steering rack and pinion Full, half, quarter or canvas doors Heater/ Defrost Manufacturer Stock# Description Quantity Unit Polaris L20G4AGALA GEM e4 2 EA Polaris 752882 E4 White Body 2 EA Polaris 752844 E4 Distance AGM Battery Pack 2 EA Polaris 752908 E4 Full Doors, White 2 EA Polaris 753313 Heater/Fan Only 2 EA Polaris 753395 Defrost Front and Defrost Rear Window 2 EA REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources in order to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted). Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following Please respond to this RFI if you are capable of providing the brand name products listed in the table found in the background section above. In the response please cite business size status. a. If you have an existing GSA or Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, please include the contract details in your response. b. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please respond to this RFI if you are capable of providing supplies that can be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table found in the background section above. Please provide details on proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, please include the contract details in your response. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. The requirement is being solicited as brand name only. This equipment is required to provide additional items of the same Manufacturer to maintain uniformity as well as Maintenance Protocol. Current equipment in use is products from Polaris. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside). Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to corey.labbe@va.gov, Please respond to this RFI no later than 10:00AM Central on Monday, May 17, 2021. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
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