GE Maintenance Service Agreement

1. Title: Name Brand or Equal – Radiology Equipment Maintenance Service Agreement

     manufactured by General Electric Corporation.

2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16, located at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Central Arkansas Veteran Healthcare System Little Rock Division

    4300 West 7th Street North Little Rock, AR 72205 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, Trade Agreement compliance, and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for the name brand or equal maintenance and service agreement for General Electric Corporation radiology equipment..

The contractor shall provide all labor, travel expenses, tools, equipment inspection, personnel, service/maintenance, and parts required for the GE MR 1.5T Signa Artist, GE MR Magnet/Cryogen, GE CT Optima CT660 (128 slice), GE CT Optima CT660 (64 slice), and Riello Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS).  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.

Government request 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 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 maintenance to critical radiological equipment that is name brand or equal to suggested manufacturer General Electric Corporation. The salient characteristics and specification include, but not limited for the Name Brand or Equal product General Electric Corporation.

Salient Characteristics: are as prescribed in the Statement of Work (SOW).

4. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs

       Central Arkansas Veteran Healthcare System

        Little Rock Division

 4300 West 7th Street

 North Little Rock, AR 72205

Responses Requested: The CAVHS 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. Does your company meet all required four prong factors for the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) per guidance of SBA and 13 C.F.R. § 121.406? Offer must answer all questions below.

1. Does your company exceed the $34 Million alternative size standard for nonmanufacturers? _________

2. Is your company primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of products being supplied? __________

3. Does your company must take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? __________

4. Does your company supply the end products of a small business manufacturer or processor made in the United States? _____________

d. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 811210?

e. Do you (offer) manufacture the product itself or a distributor of the items being researched   

    above?

f. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment

   manufacturer (OEM).

g. Do you (offer) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a   

    nonmanufacturer?

h. Do you (offer) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to

    the nonmanufacturer rule?

i. Is your (offer) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with

   response.

j. Is your (offer) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM?  Please provide evidence with

   response.

k. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it manufactured outside

    the US-Domestic non-available? 

l.  Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it a foreign manufactured

   end-product under the trade agreement?

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

n. For the name brand or equal product 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 name brand or equal product.

o. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product 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 or equal product meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work. 

p. Contractors shall provide an estimated industry pricing for name brand or equal product for

    market research and budgetary purpose.

6. Opportunity: The NCO 16, 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 Central Arkansas Veteran Healthcare System (CAVHS) in

   determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess

   the capability to provide all requirements and objectives.

1. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by September 13,

2024, at 10:00 am (CST) via email to carolyn.bennett1@va.gov.

All questions shall be submitted by September 06, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (CST) via email to Carolyn.bennett1@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 a New Requirement.

The subject line shall read: 36C25624Q1363 - RFI-Sources Sought-Name Brand or Equal- GE Precision Healthcare Imaging Maintenance Service. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(p).

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 NCO 16 as "market research" and will not be released outside of the NCO 16 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://beta.sam.gov/) 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 Specialist: Carolyn Bennett

Email address: carolyn.bennett1@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.