36C26023Q0039.docx

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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

ATTN: V4CONT

1601 E. Fourth Plain Blvd Bldg.17, Suite B428 Vancouver WA 98661

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialst Aaron Abbott aaron.abbott@va.gov (360)-553-7673

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Puget Sound Veterans Health Care System

1601 S Columbian Way

Seattle WA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION

Please note that this is NOT a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office NCO20 is currently conducting a market survey to locate qualified firms capable of fulfilling a brand name or equal requirement for Hydropac/Lab Products Master Cartons.

No formal solicitation document exists at this present time. This is not a solicitation announcement.

Those capable of providing these services should submit a statement regarding their capability on a document containing the official company letterhead. Additionally, those interested and capable shall be authorized distributors, provide a designated point of contact, the business Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and the business socioeconomic status in their response to this posting.

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 326111. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/ socioeconomic statuses relative to NAICS 326111. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Responses should include company/individual name, a service capability statement, examples of similar facilities for which you have provided services to, UEI number, address, point of contact and social-economic category (ex: SBVOSB, VOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, Small Business). If your firm is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Business, you must be VERIFIED in VetBiz (see internet site: http://vip.vetbiz.gov). Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM), (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov). Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing via email to aaron.abbott@va.gov and must be received not later than October 26, 2022, 16:00PM EST. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

See SOW below.

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

as of 8/30/2022

1. Contract Title. Hydropac/Lab Products Master Carton consumables supply contract for the VA Puget Sound Health Care animal research facility.

2. Background. We seek a Hydropac/Lab Products Master Carton (HYP-2520) consumables supply contract so that we can have a regular reliable and economical source sterile valves and Hydroseal pouch film for our Hydropac machine at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division. The Hydropac system is a mobile automatic packaging machine designed to produce and fill pouches with facility supplied drinking water. A specially formulated plastic film (the Hydroseal pouch film) is fed through the machine to allow for two distinct pouch water volume capabilities, 8 or 13 ounces, for mice or rats. The sterile valves, specifically made for the Hydropac pouches, function as sipper tubes to allow animals to drink the water in the pouches. The Hydroseal film and the sterile valves care specific to the Hydropac Machine and can only be purchased from Hydropac/Lab Products.

3. Scope.

This contract covers supply of the Hydropac/Lab Products Master Carton Hydroseal film and sterile valves for the VA Puget Health Care System Seattle Campus Animal Research Facility only.

4. Specific Tasks.

4.1 Task 1. Provide four (4) Hydropac/Lab products Master Cartons (HYP-2520) of consumable supplies per year to the VA Puget Sound Health Care System Animal Research.

4.1.1 Master Carton Item number HYP-2520A contains 18,000 sterile valves and 9 rolls of Hydroseal Pouch film.

5. Performance Monitoring

The COTR will inspect the delivered items, to make sure that the delivered items are exactly those ordered, with no broken items or compromised packaging, and with no substitutions.

6. Security Requirements Contractor Personnel will not require any facility access.

7. Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government-Furnished Information (GFI).

The contractor will not require any government furnished equipment or government furnished information to complete the requirements of this contract.

8. Other Pertinent Information or Special Considerations.

a. Identification of Possible Follow-on Work. The contractor may be asked to provide additional supplies of Hydropac/Lab Products consumables if our animal census increases dramatically at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System animal research facility. As any changes in deliverables at this point are unknown we may have to ask for slight contract modifications to accomplish this.

b. Identification of Potential Conflicts of Interest (COI).

No potential conflicts of interest exist for this contract.

c. Identification of Non-Disclosure Requirements.

The contractor will not have access to any sensitive or proprietary information so no non-disclosure agreement is necessary.

c. Packaging, Packing and Shipping Instructions.

Contractor will provide four Master Cartons of Hydropac/Lab Products consumable supplies per year, on request. Items will be packaged securely to insure that they arrive at the facility in good condition, with no damage to the contents of the Master Carton.

e. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria.

The COTR or COTR representative will inspect the shipments of Hydropac/lab Products Master Carton materials on a regular basis to insure that the items delivered are exactly those that were ordered, in the exact quantities ordered. In addition, each shipment will be inspected to make sure there are no broken items and no compromised packaging.

9. Risk Control

NA

10. Place of Performance.

The contract will be executed at the VA Puget Sound health Care System animal research facility.

11. Period of Performance.

The contract is to start December 1, 2022, with 4 MasterCartons delivered over 12 months.

12. Delivery Schedule.

We will order four Master Carton to be delivered on an as needed basis throughout the contract year.

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