6525--MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE: MEDICINE SERVICE

This is a Sources Sought only. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) VISN 21 is performing market research to identify companies capable of providing Cellvizio/optical endomicroscopy. (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this sources sought notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. (b) Although proposal, offeror, contractor, and offeror may be used in this sources sought notice, any response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) Any information received from a contractor in response to this sources sought notice may be used in creating a solicitation. Any information received which is marked with a statement, such as proprietary or confidential, intended to restrict distribution will not be distributed outside of the Government, except as required by law. (d) This sources sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 339115. This is a sources sought notice only, no formal solicitation document exists at this time. Offerors response shall include the following information: - Reference Number 36C26120Q0894 - Company Name, point of contact, title, phone number and email address. - DUNS number - Contractors shall identify the NAICS code for the product being offered as well as their size status. (e) Contractors with alternate Item submission: Offerors submitting alternate items must provide technical information sufficient for a layman person to determine acceptability. Information will not be paid for by the government nor returned to the supplying party. The information will be used to determine product acceptability. Please email all inquiries by August 18, 2020 to contact@example.gov. Only emailed received directly from interested persons are acceptable. New Equipment ONLY; NO remanufactured, used/refurbished or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. No product in development shall be considered. Authorized dealers: Experienced firms only who are authorized distributor will be considered in addition to the original equipment manufacturer. A letter from the manufacturer stating your company is an authorized dealer for the line items must be in possession by the due date and be available for submission, if requested. There is no solicitation document as this time. The NAICS is 339115 with Small Business size of 1000. NOTE: Please ensure that System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement. The Government has an urgent need for the procurement of the following items: Item Description/Part Number: ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 1.00 EA __________________ __________________ Cellvizio confocal endomicroscopy system (1 system) and probes (4 probes). System includes installation, service and training for all doctors and staff. 0002 4.00 CS __________________ __________________ GASTROFLEX PROBES 20 PER CASE DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this request that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government will not compensate an offeror for providing information in response to this sources sought. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. This is simply a sources sought notice.