6515--Nov 2022 - Sources Sought Assistive Listening Devices

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP). This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Furthermore, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this Request for Information. 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. Responses will not be returned to the responder. Please submit your company s capabilities statement and completed vendor responses electronically to Mr. Bradley Geghan at contact@example.gov AND Ms. Andrea Torrano at contact@example.gov no later than November 23, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MST). Please include your company name in the subject of the email response as: Attention: Assistive Listening Devices RFI VENDOR NAME HERE . Title: Sources Sought Notice for Assistive Listening Devices for Home-Use, hereinafter called ALDs, and Associated Items in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Commodities & Services Acquisition Service (CSAS) is seeking information from vendors regarding the availability and business practices regarding the procurement of assistive listening devices and associated Items. Please provide requested information using the below stated general comparable requirements for the response to the VA. Additionally, address the Business Size Classification of the vendor interested (SDVOB, 8(a), SDB, Hub, WOSB, EWOSB, Small, or Other). The qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 339112, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, and employee size standard is 1,000 employees. Other acceptable NAICS codes are 334220, 334210, 334310, 334290, 334519, 334510. The general comparable requirements and functions for ALD categories of product lines are found below. Please address product lines in the following format: 1. Brand name, model number, and part number. 2. Typical shipping method, lead time of manufacturing, lead time shipping, packaging, and any special components. 3. Any energy star or environmental bio-preferred products. 4. If the product has a chip as part of the component(s). 5. What is the origin of manufacturing? 6. Answer if the product(s) are considered white labeled or branded. 7. Are the product(s) new technology? 8. Does the product(s) have Bluetooth capability? 9. If any devices in the categories below have accessories or additional features, please highlight those accessories and features. General Comparable Requirement Categories: Introduction: The VA is looking for assistive listening devices for hearing impaired Veterans. Categories of product lines: Alerting/Alarm Devices: Emergency callers, alerting systems, emergency response indicators, home safety equipment, smoke detectors, alarm clocks, talking clocks, doorbell assistive listening devices. Amplifiers used for assistive listening: Headphones, earphones, personal sound amplifiers, hearing amplifiers, listening devices, hearing aid accessories, speech amplifiers, bluetooth enabled, TV amplifiers Assistive listening devices: Sleep machines, headphones, earphones, bluetooth enabled Phones: Large button phones, speech amplifiers, amplified telephones, speech processors, bluetooth enabled Speech Communication Devices: Microphones, communication software, headsets, bluetooth enabled Tinnitus: Tinnitus maskers Television Systems: TV listening devices, closed circuit, screen enlarger, TV caption decoder Corporate Information: Provide your company s contact information (Company name, address, Point of contact name and email). Indicate whether your business is a Small Business (SB) or Large Business (LB). If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business. If disadvantaged, specify the disadvantaged group of Service Disables Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). Include the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number of your firm. Identify any current federal contract awards. Is your business the Manufacturer of the product or a Dealer/Distributor? State whether your firm is registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. *NOTE: any future solicitation can only be awarded to a contractor who is registered in SAM; to receive award based on VOSB or SDVOSB status, you must be registered and certified in the VetBiz Registry. Please provide any additional considerations in the category of assistive listening devices and any additional information you would like the VA to consider when developing the specifications for this request for information. The Government will use responses of this notice to make appropriate acquisition decisions upon review of documentation. a request for proposals may be issued to the government wide point of entry Contract Opportunities (www.sam.gov). Responses to this Sources Sought Notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government-wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.