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Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice Printer Paper and Delivery Schedule (or equivalent) 77030 4298 36C25620Q1081 08-11-2020

2:00 PM

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453210 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298 Damon Ware Damon.Ware@va.gov 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298

77030

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Damon.Ware@va.gov Damon.Ware@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

36C25620Q1081

BACKGROUND:

Reliant Business Products (or equivalent) is your one stop office supply and industrial supply depot in Houston, Texas. They carry everything from staples, copy paper and filing supplies to rubber stamps, custom printing and promotional products. Logistics currently orders the printer paper for the hospital almost every 2-3 weeks as a credit card purchase. To eliminate the Purchasing Agent making multiple request on a purchase card a contract with a delivery schedule is being requested to be implemented for the MEDVAMC.

OBJECTIVES:

· Value priced printer paper

· Offers dependable performance at a reasonable cost

· Consistent running and image quality on all office imaging equipment

· Company delivers on a schedule

The following components are needed for the areas specified above.

DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

DELIVERY LOCATION:

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, TX 77030

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 exact brand name products listed in the table in the background 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.

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 Damon.Ware@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 11, 2020 2:00 PM 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.