6515--new | AC3 optimus intra-aortic ballon pump

This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is performing market research to determine if there are any vendors, regardless of business size, that can outline the requirements and specifications for the AC3 Optimus Intra-Aortic Ballon Pump. (See attached SOW).

There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 334510 with Small Business size of 1250 employees. 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 interested and capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to darralynn.freeman@va.gov no later than 10:00 AM Hawaii Standard Time, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Questions will not be responded to at this time.

If interested, please provide the following information:

Name of Company

Point of Contact Name, phone number, and email address

DUNS 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 statements

Estimated Price

Authorized Distributor Letter from Manufacture

Before responding please carefully read and consider the following:

As this is a service acquisition, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have a Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 and FAR 52.219-27 available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_217_221.html

Please see the Statement of Work attached for further details.

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.