6515--Honolulu (Akaka) Pkg. 018 Audiology Hearing Booth BRAND NAME

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) National Activations Office (NAO) Surge Support Team February 7, 2023 SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE (BRAND NAME) Honolulu (Akaka) Pkg.018 ETS-Lindgren Audiology Hearing Booth RFI eCMS ACTION NUMBER 36C77623Q0199 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires: an ETS-Lindgren Audiology Hearing Booth. The Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC), National Activations Office (NAO) intends to issue a Brand Name ONLY Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the above BRAND NAME items. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.501(a) special documentation requirements; soliciting from a single source (including brand name), where acquisitions conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, but still require a justification using the format of FAR 6.303-2. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334510 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1,250 employees. BUY AMERICAN ACT NOTE: The brand name items identified in this notice are domestic end products for public use in the United States as defined in FAR Part 25. This notice of intent to is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements and complies with the Non-Manufacturer Rule*, may submit a response with manufacturer cut sheets, which may be considered by the agency, only if received by email by the closing date and time of this notice. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This requirement will be subject to the requirements of the Buy American Statute (reference: FAR 25.101) and any response shall include the location(s) of manufacture for all items. Respondents must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Firms may register with SAM at https://www.sam.gov . *Non-Manufacturer Rule: The requirement that a Non-Manufacturer supply the product of a small business concern is referred to as the Non-Manufacturer Rule (NMR) [13 C.F.R. § 121.406]. In order to qualify as a small business concern for a small business set-aside, an offeror must either manufacture the item in accordance with the Limitations on Subcontracting (see FAR section 52.219-14, 52.219-27 and 13 C.F.R. § 125.6) or supply the product of a small business made in the United States. The NMR applies to all socioeconomic Small Business set-asides (SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, etc.) over the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). To set-aside a requirement for a Small Business (or other socioeconomic category), the vendor must provide the product of a small business manufacturer. If a manufacturer produces their product(s) outside of the United States, regardless of domestic presence, they will not satisfy the Nonmanufacturer Rule for award to a socioeconomic small business concern, as intended by this notice. This would violate the principle of a socioeconomic small business concern providing the product(s) of a small business concern, as small business concerns are those that are both located domestically and that manufacture their product(s) domestically. Any small business concern that produces their product(s) outside of the United States is considered an other-than-small-business (OTSB) response for this requirement. Responses to this notice are due through email on or before Tuesday February 14 at 10:00 AM (Eastern) to this procurement s Contracting Specialist Aimee Maxel, at contact@example.gov . Contracting Office Address*: Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) 6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300 Independence, OH 44131 *IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Contracting personnel are not physically working in the Contracting Office. Please be sure all communications directed to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer are conducted through email to avoid any delay in the CS receiving information.