RFI Supply.pdf

1. Title: Medication Remote Dispensing System (RDS)

2. Purpose: The National Contracting Office No. 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, GFC

Suite 750 Houston, TX 77056-5643, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request

Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, and Trade Agreement compliance for the name brand product or approved equal.

Contractor shall provide all shipping, installation (if required), equipment, personnel, labor and testing for product. This Sources Sought is published for market research purposes. This Sources

Sought will be used to determine if a set-aside for any small business program is appropriate.

Government anticipates competitive, firm fixed price contract. Please review this announcement, respond to questions below and review all attachments in their entirety.

The Government requests that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. The

Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement.

3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide a Stryker

Spy-Phi Imager & Fluid Management System. The requirement consisting of the following

Name brand products or approved equal that includes but not limited to:

Item Description Quantity

Remote Dispensing System (RDS) - Large Cabinet 1

Installation and Training Fee 1

Shipping 1

4. Place of Performance:

Alexandria VA Health Care System

Warehouse Bldg 136

2495 Shreveport Highway, 71 North

Pineville, LA 71360

5. Responses Requested: The VA requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SS: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research.

a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and SAM Unique Entity Identification Number.

b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications.

c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 334510?

d. Do you (Contractor) manufacture the product itself or a distributor of the items being researched above?

e. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

f. Do you (Contractor) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a nonmanufacturer? Does the size of your firm exceed 500 employees? Is your firm primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale retail trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied?

Does your firm take ownership or possession of the item(s) with your personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? Will you supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States?

g. Do you (Contractor) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule?

h. Is your (Contractor) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response.

i. Is your (Contractor) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response.

j. Information for the name brand product or approved equal being requested, is it manufactured outside the US-Domestic non-available?

k. Information for the name brand product or approved equal being requested, is it a foreign manufactured end product under the trade agreement?

l. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the name brand product or approved equal?

m. For the name brand product or approved equal required, Is your company available under any;

Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC)

General Services Administration Schedules (GSA)

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

If so, please list the contract number for product.

n. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product or approved equal is being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison to the name brand product or approved equal meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work.

6. Opportunity: The VA is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI)

ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the VA in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry.

Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives.

7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by 02/27/2026 at

10:00 am (CST) via email to alan.scanio@va.gov.

All Questions shall be submitted by 02/24/2026 at 10:00am (CST) via email to alan.scanio@va.gov.

Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted.

Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible.

This is a replacement of an existing Pickpoint machine.

The subject line shall read: 36C25626Q0413-RFI-Sources Sought- Medication Remote

Dispensing System (RDS) -Houston, TX. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(n).

Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by the VA as "market research" and will not be released outside of the VA Purchasing and Contract Team.

This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid

(IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the

Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) website or

GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ.

8. Contact Information:

Contract Support Specialist: Alan Scanio (Contractor)

Email address: alan.scanio@va.gov mailto:alan.scanio@va.gov mailto:alan.scanio@va.gov

Your responses to this notice are appreciated.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.