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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 Capillary Zone Electrophoresis 94304-1207 36C26119Q0105 11-08-2018 N 334516 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) VA Palo Alto Health Care System (90/NCA) 3801 Miranda Ave Palo Alto CA 94304-1207 carol.lam@va.gov

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

(a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited.

(b) Although “proposal,” “offeror,” contractor, and “offeror” may be used in this sources sought notice, any response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

(c) Any information received from a contractor in response to this sources sought notice may be used in creating a solicitation. Any information received which is marked with a statement, such as “proprietary” or “confidential,” intended to restrict distribution will not be distributed outside of the Government, except as required by law.

(d) This sources sought notice is issued for purpose of collecting information about the availability of authorized distributors to provide CPT for the testing of HbA1c, serum Protein Electrophoresis with Immunotyping and the ability to add Carbohydrate Deficient Transferase on one platform. The SFVA currently runs all these assays on one instrument, Sebia Capillary 3. This is a sources sought notice only, no formal solicitation document exists at this time. Offerors response shall include the following information:

(e) Contractors that feel they have an equal product are encouraged to email full information to carol.lam@va.gov. Please email all inquiries by November 8, 2018. Only emailed received directly from interested persons are acceptable. Receipt must be acknowledged on my desktop computer to be recognized as received.

Alternate Item submission: Offerors submitting alternate items must provide technical information sufficient for a lay person to determine acceptability. Information will not be paid for by the government nor returned to the supplying party. The information will be used to determine product acceptability. Lack of sufficient information for our staff to determine product acceptability will result in a negative determination. Any quote will then be found non-responsiveness to the solicitation and the quote will not be considered.

New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured, used/refurbished or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. No product in development shall be considered.

Authorized dealers: Experienced firms only who are authorized distributor will be considered in addition to the original equipment manufacturer. A letter from the manufacturer stating your company is an authorized dealer for the line items must be in possession by the due date and be available for submission, if requested.

Offerors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. Registration information is located at www.sam.gov.

Item Description/Part Number:

The Government has an urgent need for the procurement of supplies for capillary zone electrophoresis analyzer. See attached Statement of Work for additional information.

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San Francisco VA Medical Center 4150 Clement Street San Francisco, CA 94121 See attached document: Attachment 1 SOW.