2305-- Street Sweeper

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for information and planning purposes only at this time; and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Because this is a Request for Information announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists. Therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. WVMAC Wilmington VA Medical Center 1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, DE 19805 Description of work: Vendor shall provide the following per SON: STATEMENT OF NEED (SON) Ride-On Street Sweeper 1. Background: The Wilmington VAMC, 1601 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington DE has a requirement for one (1) new Ride-On Street Sweeper to be used clean the grounds, parking lots and parking garage. 2. Scope: The successful Contractor shall deliver to the Wilmington VAMC one (1) new Ride-On Street Sweeper. The Ride-On Street Sweeper shall include the following specific characteristics. Machine Dimensions: Length 93 in Width 62.5 in Height with overhead guard 82.5 in Turning radius 65 in, Minimum Aisle Turn (left) 113 in ***The size/dimension of the sweeper is critical, the sweeper will be used in the parking garage. Machine equipped with: Trim - Level XP Fuel Power Source - Diesel Alternate Muffler - Purifying UL/ETL Rating: UL Type D Safety Light Package - Outdoor Side Brush Location - Dual Power Wand-Vacuum Wand SPECIAL Enclosed Reduced Height Cab Weather / falling object protection Climate Control - AC/Heater/Pressurizer REAR MOUNT DUE TO HEIGHT RESTRICTION Deluxe Seat with Armrests Front Tires - Solid Rubber Rear Tires - Pneumatic-Radial Cleaning Tool - Polypropylene Brush Side Cleaning Tool - Polypropylene Brush Power steering Adjustable foot pedal System monitoring/warning lights Tilt steering w/ horn Ability to dump at any height ground level to 60 to reach into a standard dumpster Dust Control System Filter system (triple stage) Stage 1 Perma-Filter Stage 2 SweepMax® Plus Cyclonic Pre-Filter Stage 3 Donaldson Ultra-Web® Nanofiber Canister Filter Filter area 80 ft² | 7.4 m² Dust filtration (seasoned filter) 0.5 microns @ 99% efficiency Shaker mechanism ShakeMax® 360 Orbital Shaker Vacuum fan diameter 11 in Vacuum fan speed Normal sweeping mode 4,600 rpm Litter sweeping mode 5,500 rpm 3. Delivery Requirements: the Ride-On Street Sweeper shall be delivered and installed by the successful Contractor within 210 Days After Receipt of the Order (ARO). Delivery shall be made to the Wilmington VAMC Warehouse located at 1601 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE during normal VA business hours. VA business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am 4:30pm, excluding Federal Holidays. The delivery of the Ride-On Street sweeper shall be coordinated with Rebecca Herman, +1 (555) 000-0000, contact@example.gov. Responses to this RFI should include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and point of contact e-mail, DUNS Number, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 333120 (size standard of 1000 employees). Please answer the following questions: Please indicate the size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.)? Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? Is the product you are providing information about manufactured in the United States? If not, please provide the country where the unit is manufactured. If you are a large business, do you have any designated distributors? If so, please provide their company name, telephone, point of Contact and size status (if available). If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? If you intend to subcontract any work on this contract, what portion of the total cost will be self-performed/will be performed by your organization? Please provide estimated detailed percentage breakdowns related to subcontracted work and completion of job. Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract number. If you are an FSS GSA/NAC contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the items/solution you are providing information for available on your schedule/contract? General pricing of your products/solution is encouraged. Pricing will be used for the purpose of market research only. It will not be used to evaluate for any type of award. Please submit your capabilities regarding the salient characteristics detailed above to establish capabilities for planning purposes. Please review salient characteristics/statement of work (if applicable) and provide feedback or suggestions. If none, please reply as N/A. Please provide your DUNS number. This RFI will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received via e-mail to contact@example.gov no later than, 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January, 28 2022. This notice will help the VA in determining available potential sources only. Do not contact VA Medical Center staff regarding this requirement, as they are not authorized to discuss this matter related to this procurement action. All questions will be addressed by the Contracting Officer, Debra Willard. All firms responding to this Request for Information are advised that their response is not a request for proposal, therefore will not be considered for a contract award. 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