2330--Deployment Trailer

This is a sources sought announcement only. This is not a solicitation for proposals and no contract will be award from this announcement.

The purpose of this announcement is to perform market research to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS 336214 Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing with a size standard 1,000 employees. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) is seeking to identify any vendor capable of providing a medical deployment trailer for the healthcare of our Veterans and eligible beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Gulf Coast Veteran Health Care System (GCVHCS), 400 Veterans Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39531.

GCVHCS needs a sufficient mobile trailer to be prepared to rapidly respond to disasters and emergencies that require the support of field medical clinics for the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System teams. The following information will assist NCO 16 with market research and potential qualified sources:

Item description

Brand name

An 8.5 x 32 Enclosed Trailer (White)

Windows no more than 24 X 20

WHITE VINYL WALL LINER

Insulated ceiling 16 centers at least

Insulated walls 16 centers at least

NON-SKID floor (washable)

NON-SKID ramp & flap (washable)

Partition wall with at least 32 X 69 Bonded Door (12 X 8.5' office)

24 Pull out single step, double reinforced ramp

24 X 20 , Window to Bonded Door,

32 X 74 Bonded Side Door 8.5' W, 32 X 74

Bonded Side Door IPO 32 8.5' W, ramp door, transition plate (8.5' W),

Special Side Door Placement

12V A-Frame Jack with 800 CCA Battery

Caster Wheel with Pin

Bogey Wheels

Stabilizing Jacks

Trailer Sway Bar Kit

Spare Tire Carrier with Center Mount (Exterior)

Spare Tire 225/75/R15 6 Lug Silver Radial

ELECTRICAL PACKAGE:

30 AMP 110V Breaker box with Lifeline

12 X24 flat panel LED light (110V)

receptacle 110V with GFCI (interior)

receptacle 110V with GFCI (exterior)

Wall Switch for Interior / Exterior (110V)

12 X 24 Flat Panel LED Light (110V)

receptacle 110V with GFCI (interior), 50 AMP box IPO 30 AMP box

40 W X 32 H Exterior Generator Door, 40 W X 32 H Insulated Generator Box

Roof Air -13,500 BTU Cooling / Heating Minimum

Rear Loading LED Light

8000-WATT (Minimum) Diesel Generator

flat panel monitors included for office with mounting brackets

12V LED high output scene light

Slide out Generator tray

Office Organization:

12 Deep X 8' Long Stainless-Steel shelves in front office on front wall

18 Deep X 36 Long Stainless-Steel shelves in front office on office wall

Stainless-Steel Desk Surface with fold down desk mounts, installed in front office on side walls as close to partition wall as possible

Tube Enterprises, Inc. dba Integrity Medical Solutions or equivalent

Please provide warranty and installation information and pricing.

Prior to issuing a solicitation, and pursuant to the Veterans First Contracting Program, the VA is trying to ascertain if there are any qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) with the capability of providing the above services: (Respondents are not limited to SDVOSB/VOSB concerns; the Government seeks to identify all potentially interested sources).

Responses to these sources sought must include the following information:

1. Your company name, address, contact person name, phone number, fax number, e-mail address(s) and ueiSAM number (i.e. LV91LJ4B1Z98), DUNS number, and company website if available.

2. Your company GSA/FSS contract number if available.

3. Socio-economic status of business (i.e. SDVOSB/VOSB, 8(a), HUB Zone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUB Zone business)

4. Capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

5. 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).

6. Vendors must answer the following questions: Does your firm take ownership or possession of the proposed equipment with your personnel or is the proposed equipment drop shipped from the manufacturer? Does your firm manufacture/produce the proposed item?

7. Distributors: You must provide proof that your firm is an authorized distributor of the product. The VA does not accept grey market items. Grey/gray market also known as a parallel market, is the trade of a commodity through distribution channels which, while legal, are unofficial, unauthorized, or unintended by the original manufacturer. 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 brand name section above.

Interested vendor should submit an email to troy.davis@va.gov. All responses must be received in writing no later than 12:00 PM CST on April 8, 2022. Questions or inquiries will not be answered or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided. No solicitation document is available at this time. Vendors interested in providing an offer will have to respond to a solicitation announcement that shall be published separately.

DISCLAIMER: This notice 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 notice.