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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice Carestream 9600 Unit

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66048 36C25521Q0169 03-01-2021

3:00PM

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N 339114 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth KS 66048 Contract Specialist Ballance, June june.ballance@va.gov 913-946-1965 Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital 800 Hospital Dr.

Columbia, MO

65201

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june.ballance@va.gov This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.

The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.

Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in enough detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition.

Responses to this notice shall include the following:

(a) Company name

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(e) DUNS number

(f) Cage Code

(g) Tax ID Number

(h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below.

Scope of Work:

The VA Heartland Network 15, Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking: A potential qualified contractor to provide: One (1) Dental Radiographic 9600 Unit (Brand Name Only) to the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran Hospital, 800 Hospital Dr. Columbia, MO 65201. See below statement of work for a more detailed description.

NAICS Code: 339114 ( Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing) - Size Standard 750 employees.

STATEMENT OF WORK

Dental Radiographic Unit

General Description Harry S. Truman VAMC is requesting Brand Name Only Dental Radiographic 9600 unit.

Technical Specifications Dental Radiographic Unit Carestream model 9600.

The following items are required for the Carestream 9600.

1. CS 9600 16x17 with SC Bundle (5YR P&L)

2. CPCT STL Converter

3. Patient seat for SC 9600 family

4. 120KV License for SC 9600

5. Extraoral FMS License for CS 9600

6. Advanced Radiology kit for CS 9600

7. CS face scan kit for CS 9600

8. Bracket for CS 9600 – 9x00 Rplct

9. CS Imaging CSI V8 voucher 5 activations

10. CS Imaging 8 – CS Advantage per PC – 5

11. CS Dicom for CSI8 – 1 Activation

12. CS Imaging 8 suite

Delivery:

No products will be drop shipped to the VA facility. All items will be delivered, unpacked, assembled, and ready to use at the delivery address. The cost of shipping and installation will be required for all submissions to be considered. The contractor will be responsible for removing all packaging, cardboard and related installation debris from the facility. It is the contractor’s responsibility to dispose of all debris from the station.

Delivery Address:

Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran Hospital 800 Hospital Dr. Columbia, MO 65201

Attention: June O. Ballance Email: june.ballance@va.gov

Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this source sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued.

Currently a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 339114( Dental Equipment and supplies Manufacturing). The size standard is 750 employees.

Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM located on the web at www.sam.gov). Additionally, all Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. All interested Offerors should submit information by e-mail: to june.ballance@va.gov. All information submissions should be received no later than 15:00 PM CST on Monday, March 01, 2021. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation will be published.