Electrometer, St. Louis VA Medical Center

The Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 15 is soliciting for competitive quotes for a single award contract to purchase an electrometer for the St. Louis VA Medical Center Radiation Oncology department.  This requirement is set-aside for Small Businesses only.

Basic description of requirement:  The John J. Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis requires an electrometer for the purposes of calibrating specialized equipment for the Radiation Oncology department.  Specifics of the request are outlined in the Statement of Work found in the solicitation.  This is a “brand name or equal” requirement.  The requesting activity will evaluate quotes to see if they meet all salient characteristics of the requirement.

Solicitation Documents:  Dissemination of the solicitation is limited to electronic medium. All interested Offerors (primes & subcontractors) should register at www.sam.gov so that others will know of your interest in participating in this procurement and for automatic receipt of updates or amendments. An Offeror's mailing list WILL NOT be prepared nor distributed by the Contracting Officer, as it is the Offerors responsibility to register at the www.sam.gov website.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice. Only written responses from responsible sources will be considered. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award.

Set-aside Information:  This solicitation is issued under FAR subpart 19.5 as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 334515 – Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, with a small business size standard of 750 employees.

Solicitation Amendments:  Amendments to the solicitation will be posted at www.sam.gov. Paper copies of the amendment will NOT be individually mailed. By registering to "follow", you will be notified by e-mail of any new amendments that have been issued and posted. No other notification of amendment(s) will be provided. Offerors are reminded that they are responsible for obtaining and acknowledging all amendments to this solicitation prior to the time for receipt of offers Offerors should re-visit the website periodically to look for updates.

Questions shall be emailed to matthew.curl@va.gov and robert.bleichner@va.gov. In the subject line of any email sent, identify: “36C25524Q0557, Electrometer, St. Louis VA Medical Center”