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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21) VA Pacific Islands Health Care System 711 Kapiolani Blvd Suite 200 Honolulu HI 96813

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Stacey Norris Stacey.norris1@va.gov

(808) 539-1300

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

3801 Miranda Ave

Palo Alto CA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to identify companies capable of providing Olympus BX46 ERGONOMIC PATHOLOGY MICROSCOPE for Cytology and Olympus BX46 ERGONOMIC PATHOLOGY MICROSCOPE for Pathologists.

This requirement is for the following health care system location: VA Reno Health Care System

There is no solicitation document at this time. The NAICS is 334516 with a Small Business size of 1,000. NOTE: Please ensure that System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement.

Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to stacey.norris1@va.gov no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, July 29, 2022.

If interested, please provide the following information:

· Name of Company

· Point of Contact Name, phone number, and email address

· Unique Entity Identifier number

· Socio-economic status such as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, VOSB, Women-Owned Small Business, etc. should be included. SDVOSB/VOSB status will be verified using VetBiz.

· Capability statement

Salient Characteristics

1. INFORMATION: The VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM has a requirement; Quantity 1 EA

1. Olympus BX46 ERGONOMIC PATHOLOGY MICROSCOPE for Cytology Essential/significant physical, functional, or performance characteristics.

Pathology and Laboratory Chemistry Microscope replacement

3) Upright microscope system

4) lower stage tilting/telescoping binocular

5) 2x, 4X, 10X, 20x, 40x objectives – 5 total

6) dust cover

7) integrated illumination of the specimen

8) integrated camera, at least 4k resolution

2. Olympus BX46 ERGONOMIC PATHOLOGY MICROSCOPE for Pathologists Essential/significant physical, functional, or performance characteristics.

Pathology and Laboratory Chemistry Microscope replacement

3) Upright microscope system

4) lower stage tilting/telescoping binocular

5) 2x, 4X, 10X, 20x, 40x, 60x & 100x objectives – 7 total

6) dust cover

7) integrated illumination of the specimen

8) integrated camera, at least 4k resolution Minimal assembly required

All deliveries shall be FOB and to the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and coordinated through the following POC’s due to extenuating logistical requirements at the VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

VA Palo Alto Health Care System:

3801 Miranda Ave Palo Alto

CA

94304

DISCLAIMER

This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.

Sources Sought Notice