6515--Hologic Mini C-arm Repair

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25622Q0213 Statement of Work Hologic Mini C-Arm Repair BACKGROUND The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) is requesting repair to Hologic Mini C-arm. This is for the repair of the Mini C-arm used within Surgery Service to conduct hand and foot cases without exposing the veteran to unnecessary radiation. Currently the unit is unable to save individual snapshot images that are vital for patient care and diagnosis. SCOPE The vendor shall provide all parts and labor necessary to ensure the Hologic Mini Car and all accessories are repaired to full functionality. All materials shall be in accordance with the OEM specifications and guidelines. Salient Characteristics Suggested Manufacturer Brand Name: Hologic INC. or EQUIVALENT as follows: Item # Description/Part Number* Qty 0001 RM-ASY-08339 / HVPS- Exchange 1 0002 Labor 8 0003 Travel 1 Place of performance: Outpatient Surgery Service, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70119 All work shall be approved prior to commencement. Work shall not be considered complete until accepted by an authorized VA designee. All work shall be coordinated through an authorized VA designee. Access to VA space must be coordinated and approved by VA Special Procedures personnel and/or VA Clinical Engineering personnel (or designee) prior to the beginning any work that is to be performed. END OF SATEMENT OF WORK REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the exact brand name products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response, please cite your business size status. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside). Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to contact@example.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than 12/10/2021. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.