SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Microscope, Topcon OMS-90
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2022 8:12:24 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) RIDGELAND MS 39157 USA
- ZIP Code
- 39157
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25622Q0321
- Response Due
- 1/12/2022 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 01/17/2022
- Point of Contact
- Kelly Han, Procurement Technician, Phone: 713-791-1414
- E-Mail Address
-
kelly.han@va.gov
(kelly.han@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Alexandria VA Medical Center REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25622Q0321 BACKGROUND: Background: The Alexandria VA Medical Center (AVAMC) is currently requesting the purchase and installation of a Topcon OMS 90 or equal Ophthalmic Microscope for use in the Eye Clinic department for minor eye procedures at the AVAMC. This equipment is essential to perform the minor eye surgeries on campus at AVAMC. This microscope has capabilities to perform all types of eye surgeries that the facility is currently approved for. Project Scope: The following components are needed for the areas specified above. Item # Description/Part Number* Qty NA Topcon OMS-90 Microscope with X-Y Translator 1 Salient Characteristics: Minimum Equipment Requirements 1. Binocular tube Parallel 45 degree inclined binocular tube 2. Objective lens F=200mm 3. Eyepieces 12.5X 4. Magnification change type Drum type with 5 changes 5. Total magnification 3.4x, 5.3x, 8.5x, 13.6x, 21.2x 6. Field of view 66.3, 42.3, 26.3, 17.1, 10.3mm 7. X-Y Translator Range +/- 25mm 8. Light source 12V 100W halogen lamp (light guided system, one touch) 9. Filter Built-in Heat-absorbing an UV cut filters, Flip in and out: Yellow filter 10. Length 1st arm: 400mm, 2nd arm: 560mm 11. Maximum power 280VA 740mm (30 ) Delivery and Installation DELIVERY 1. Contractor shall deliver all equipment to the Alexandria VA Health Care System (AVAHCS) Alexandria VA Medical Center 2495 Shreveport Hwy Building 136 Pineville, LA 71360 2. Deliver materials to job in manufacturer's original sealed containers with brand name marked. 3. Package to prevent damage or deterioration during shipment, handling, storage and installation Maintain protective covering in place and in good repair until removal is necessary. 5. Delivery and Installation will be coordinated through the Contracting Officer Representative or designee. INSTALLATION 1. Install all equipment to manufacturer s specifications maintaining Federal, and Local safety standards 2. All work shall be completed between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday Friday. All federal holidays, excluded. Federal holidays are available at the Federal Holiday OPM Site. 3. If there is an operational conflict with installation, night or weekend installation may be required. Government will provide a 72 hours' notice of change of installation hours. 4. The contractor shall coordinate all deliveries, staging areas, installations, and parking arrangements with the Contracting Officer Representative or designee by April 4, 2022. 5. The Contractor shall remove all related shipping debris and cleanup, any construction associated with delivery and installation of the specified items. Contractor shall remove all packaging from the AVAHCS premises. The Contractor shall be responsible for any damage to the building that occurs due to Contractor error or neglect. REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the name products listed in section above. In the response please cite your business size status. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule 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. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule 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. 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 Kelly.Han@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than January 12, 2022 by 1300 CST. 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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- Place of Performance
- Address: Alexandria VA Medical Center 2495 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA 71360 4044, USA
- Zip Code: 71360 4044
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 71360 4044
- Record
- SN06212367-F 20220109/220110105810 (samdaily.us)
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