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Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

2700 Benson Road

Garner 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 Stephanie McElmore stephanie.mcelmore@va.gov 757-315-2598

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Presolicitation Notice

Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 06, Hampton VA Medical Center, Wake County VA Outpatient Clinic, 2700 Benson Road, Garner, NC 27529, intends to solicit proposals from contractors in the Open Market to procure brand name or equal Lecia Microsystems M822 CT40 ceiling mounted surgical microscope to include accessories, installation, and training, using a Firm-Fixed Price contract as the procurement method.

The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates issuing an open and continuous solicitation for this requirement on or about December 18, 2024. The solicitation will provide instructions to contractors about the proposal submission process. 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 Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) if applicable (VetCert 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 VetCert information at https://veterans.certify.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 333310 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 Wake County VA Outpatient Clinic 2700 Benson Road Garner, NC 27529

In response, please include the following:

• Company/individual name

• Address

• Point of contact with phone number

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

• SAM Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number

• Tax ID number

• Company Socio-Economic SIZE (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 Stephanie McElmore at stephanie.mcelmore@va.gov; please ensure that the subject line includes: 36C24625Q0202– Ceiling Microscope for the Garner Clinic. Please provide documentation that your company is an authorized distributor for those items for any items that you provide. Telephone requests for information or questions will NOT be accepted.