Sources Sought-HIV

This announcement is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. The Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government will not pay or reimburse any costs associated with parties for their responses to this Request for Information (RFI). The Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this RFI announcement.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 on behalf of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJP VAMC) is currently conducting market research for responsible concerns able to provide the Geenius Reader and Assays. The JJP VAMC is requesting the procurement of continued use of this system. If responding with the recommendation of an equal system, your response must include clear and unambiguous evidence that the recommended system is able to perform to the standards outlined in the attached Statement of Work.
The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing (via email) no later than Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 5:00PM to Contracting Officer, Ms. Gina A. Blum, gina.blum@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Interested parties MUST provide company/individual name, a capability statement, examples of same or similar work performed at other facilities, DUNS number, address, point of contact and social-economic category.
Interested parties who do not submit the above information on or before the response due date and time will not be considered for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/socioeconomic status (service-disabled veteran
owned small business, veteran owned small business, women owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), small business or large business), relative to NAICS 334516. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.
If your firm is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Business, you must be CERTIFIED in VetBiz (see internet site: http://vip.vetbiz.gov). Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM), formerly CCR (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov). A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it may be announced on Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement..