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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Equip/WH Basement

508 Fulton Street

Durham NC

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Jo Ann Harris Jo.Harris@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 06, Network Contract Office (NCO) 06, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC),508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705- 3875, intends to solicit quotes from contractors in the Open-Market to procure BioAssemblyBotr (BAB) 400 Series 3D Bio-printer and associated technology for the Durham VAMC.

The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates issuing an open and continuous solicitation for this requirement on or about November 30, 2023. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the proposal submission process. Quotes will be accepted for a three (3) day period commencing with the solicitation issuance date. Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from that website, and no hard copies will be made available.

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and VetCert database if applicable (VetBiz registration is required for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses or Veteran-Owned Small Businesses) under the applicable NAICS. Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Vet Biz information at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov). The vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management database to be eligible for an award. Registration is free, and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website, as no contract can be awarded to any offeror not registered in SAM. The VA will only consider proposals from contractors registered as mentioned above and not on the Excluded Parties List.

NAICS Code is 541715, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 Employees. The solicitation will be issued for Open-Market. One award is expected to be made. All responsible sources may submit quotes to be considered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The supplies are to be delivered to:

Department of Veterans Affairs Durham VAMC Equip/WH Basement 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705- 3875

Product: 36C24624Q044 – BioAssemblyBotr 400 Series Table for the Durham VAMC.

In response, please include the following:

• Company Name

• Address

• Point of contact (POC) with phone number

• Indicate FSS/GSA contract number or Open Market, if applicable

• SAM Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number

• Tax ID number

• Socio-Economic Company SIZE (for example…large, small, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, etc.)

• Proof of verification as an SDVOSB/VOSB (if applicable)

• Proof of authorization to resale/distribute requested products

Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to Jo Harris at jo.harris@va.gov; please ensure that the subject line includes: 36C24624Q0144 – BioAssemblyBotr 400 Series 3D Bio-printer for the Durham VAMC. Please provide documentation that your company is an authorized distributor for those items for any items you provide. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted.

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