6525--580-22-2-167-0219 Replacement for Philips US unit probes and software upgrade

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25622Q0493 STATEMENT OF WORK Background: The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is requesting to purchase Elite Epiq 5 transducer probes and software upgrade for the Breast Imaging Department. The following new equipment in order to support the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. The equipment purchase and software update will exchange 2 existing probes and upgrade the existing software. Supply Specifications Requirements: The following components are needed for the areas specified below. Brand name or equivalent to Philips Elite Epiq 5 transducer probes and software upgrade. Item # Description/Part Number* Qty NUSV692 MicroFlow Imaging (MFI) 2 FUS8915 eL18-4 EMT Transducer 2 SEBLRSVNP1 Customer Note 2 Supply Specifications Requirements: See itemized parts above. Must be this brand name to be compatible with existing equipment. Proof of an authorized distributer must be submitted to be considered Warranty and Support: The warranty and support must cover all components of the requirement in accordance with standard manufacturer s warranty Delivery Location: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, TX 77030 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 02/25/2022. 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.