6150--Power Strips

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 7, is soliciting 400 units of medium-grade 20-ampere surge-protected power strips with 6 outlets and 7-foot cords for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina, with proposals due May 26 at 1:00 PM ET and questions due May 22 at 12:00 PM ET. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, restricting competition to certified SDVOSBs listed in the SBA certification database at time of offer submission and award.

This is a streamlined RFQ for commercial items under FAR subpart 12.6. The NAICS code is 335999 (All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 600 employees. The PSC code is 6150 (Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment). Place of performance is Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401.

Offerors must comply with limitations on subcontracting—50 percent of contract value for supplies. The solicitation incorporates standard FAR clauses for commercial items covering inspection and acceptance, patent indemnity, payment by electronic funds transfer upon receipt, compliance with federal security prohibitions and exclusions, restrictions on Kaspersky Lab products and covered foreign entity telecommunications equipment, and sustainable products and services requirements. The Government reserves the right to terminate for convenience. All questions must be submitted in writing to Contract Specialist Quentin Deloney at Quentin.Deloney2@va.gov; company representatives are prohibited from contacting VA Medical Center employees directly during the RFQ process.