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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice Warehouse Pallet Racks 77030 4298 36C25620Q0529 04-23-2020 N

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321920 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298 Kristi Mummert kristi.mummert@va.gov 2002 Holcombe Blvd Houston TX 77030

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kristi.mummert@va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

36C25620Q0529

BACKGROUND:

MEDVAMC has a requirement for Pallet Racks for the warehouse:

Equipment Requirements

1. Qty (120) 10’ H Pallet Rack Uprights (44” D)

2. Qty (576) 8 1/2’L Beams (4”H)

3. Qty (288) 6’L Beams

4. Qty (2) 12’L Beams (4”H)

5. Qty (288) Wire Decks (42” x 46”)

6. Qty (292) Wire Decks (42” x 52”)

7. Qty (288) Wire Decks (42” x 46”)

8. Qty (144) Wire Decks (42” x 58”)

9. Qty (144) Wire Decks (42 x 12”)

10. Qty (88) 6” upright Spacers

11. Qty (240) ½ concrete anchor bolts

12. Qty (250) Weight Capacity Information Stickers

13. Qty (250) Bay Designation Stickers

Basement Storage Room

Objectives

· Provide adequate space in order to absorb new incoming medical supplies for patient care. (Prosthetics Inventory Takeover)

· Provide safe, reliable, and accessible storage for the warehouse supplies.

· Provide vertical efficient storage for the pallet/crated assets STS will be responsible for the material and labor for attaching (to the pallet rack beams) fixtures for the panel storage.

· All vertical uprights to be installed and secured to concrete per manufacturer’s recommendation. Uprights to be secured to concrete with “wedge” type of anchor bolts or epoxy.

· All horizontal beams to be installed level. Vendor to shim uprights as required.

Personnel The selected vendor will provide delivery and installation of the pallet rack and accessories. The selected vendor will be responsible for providing the labor required for the movement of the pallet rack material. No additional storage/staging space for pallet rack components will be provided inside the LSF building due to limited storage capacity. The selected vendor will provide all necessary material handling equipment such as fork trucks or lift platforms to complete the installation. Michael E. DeBakey (MEDVAMC) warehouse employees will assist contractor in coordination efforts in moving the pallet rack’s shipping crates to trash/recycle bins located outside the MEDVAMC facility. The MEDVAMC warehouse material handlers will have access to the pallet racks upon installation. All work must be performed Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:30 am and 9:00 pm and Saturdays, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. No work will be performed on Sundays when the government has no force on duty available for the inspection of the contractor’s work unless prior approval of the contracting officer’s representative is obtained.

Deliverables Delivery shall occur within 2 weeks of award.

Installation shall be complete within 30 business days of delivery.

Warranty Parts 5 Years/Labor 2 Years Term: 30 Days Scope of Work The pallet racks will be installed in the warehouse area. The configuration of the pallet rack components will replace the existing roll out racking system and add new racking configuration. All the 10’H uprights will have a 24,000 lbs. weigh capacity. All 8’L beams will have a 2,619 lbs. weight capacity per pair and feature heavy duty wire decking. All uprights will be anchored to concrete and back to back units secured with row spacers. All widespan shelving units will feature 620 lbs. weight capacity per shelving and feature 4 levels. The racks are to be installed under existing covered shelter structures. The racks will be subject to wind loads. The vendor will install the pallet rack and the identified optional accessories items. The vendor will provide all necessary hardware for the pallet rack and install per the manufacture’s specifications. The vendor will be responsible for any concrete repair required to anchor pallet rack in a safe manner and will disassemble the current pallet racks and remove them without damage and incident and remove the materials and supplies. The concrete repair work shall match surrounding concrete. Michael E. DeBakey will provide layout for pallet rack to vendor. A&A requirements do not apply, and a Security Accreditation Package is not required.

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:

1. 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.

0. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.

0. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.

1. 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. N/A

1. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.

1. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.

1. 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.

1. 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).

1. 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 Kristi.mummert@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than April 23rd, 2020 by 1700 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.