SOURCES SOUGHT *** Maintenance and Repair of Hamilton STARlet Liquid Handler at Iowa City VAMC

*** This is a Request for Information (RFI) only; it is not a request for quotations or offers ***

FAR 52.215-3 -- Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997)

The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

This solicitation is issued for the purpose of conducting market research to identify potential sources for a potential procurement (one Base Year starting 9/8/2024 with three Option Years possible) for all labor, transportation, parts, and expertise necessary to provide preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, technical support, and software updates of the Hamilton Robotics Liquid Handler equipment at the Iowa City VA Healthcare System (draft Statement of Work available upon request):

          STARlet instrument with 8 1 mL channels 1 iSWAP

          1 Autoload

          1 CO-RE Grippers

          1 MPE

          1 HHS2

          1 CORE-I HW

This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation. This is not a request for proposals (RFP) or quotation (RFQ). The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this Sources Sought notice. Any questions should be addressed to the Contracting Officer (CO), Ray Holman, by emailing Raymond.Holman@va.gov. Because this is a request for information only, answers to questions will not be posted.

If your organization has the capability to provide these services and would be interested in this opportunity, please reply to that effect via this SAM Sources Sought posting.

DISCLAIMER

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM (CDT) on Friday, 5/31/2024.