The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 16, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), New Orleans, LA intends to award a contract for the purchase, installation, and testing of various Vison Screening and Test Equipment. The NAICS code for this requirement is 339115 and business size standard is 1,000 employees. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. VA is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, Baton Rouge Community Based Outpatient Center Ophthalmology/ Optometry Section located at 7968 Essen Park Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70809 ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY Full Power Ophthalmic Exam Chair - Equivalent To: Reliance Medical Products, Inc./ Part No. 980 2 Ophthalmic Instrument Stand - Equivalent To: Reliance Medical Products, Inc./ Part No. 7900 IC 2 Chair Glides - Equivalent To: Reliance Medical Products, Inc./ Part No. 940 2 Standard Ophthalmoscope - Equivalent To: Reliance Medical Products, Inc./ Part No. 11720 2 Halogen Retinoscope - Equivalent To: Welch Allyn/ Part No. 18245 2 Transilluminator - Equivalent To: Welch Allyn/ Part No. 41100 2 Rechargeable Handles - Equivalent To: Welch Allyn/ Part No. 71670 6 Slit Lamp - Equivalent To: Haag Streit/ Part No. 0900.0011 LED 2 Applanation Tonometer Equivalent To: Haag Streit/ Part No. 9004.4- 2 Auto Refractometer - Equivalent To: Tomey/ Part No. RT-7000 1 Glaucoma Analyzer - Equivalent To: Reichert/ Part No. 16170 1 Illuminated Manual Phoroptor - Equivalent To: Reichert/ Part No. 11637 2 Abberrometer - Equivalent To: Topcon/ Part No. 15091K1 1 Auto Refractor and Keratometer System - Equivalent To: Reichert/ Part No. 15170 is seeking a potential qualified contractor than can provide the following items (no gray market items accepted): TEIM DESCRIPTION QTY Visual Fields Machine - Equivalent To: Haag Streit/ Part No. 900 PRO 1 Prism Exopthalmometer - Equivalent To: Marco/ Part No. 1102 2 Ishihara Plates - Equivalent To: Amcon/ Part No. GF-1255 1 Tono Pen - Equivalent To: Reichert/ Part No. 230650 2 Tono Pen covers - Equivalent To: Reichert/ Part No. 230653 2 Loose Prisms - Equivalent To: Astron/ Part No. ASSPS22 1 Horizontal Prism Bar - Equivalent To: Astron/ Part No. ASHB16 1 Vertical Prism Bar - Equivalent To: Astron/ Part No. ASVB15 1 Installation/ Training 1 The Contractor shall provide, transport, install, and test all listed equipment. The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required for delivery and installation of the supplies and equipment. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. All information submitted in response to this Sources Sought notice become property of the Government. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: company name, address, point of contact, phone number, DUNS number (www.dnb.com ), list of available compatible products, the geographical location the respondent is able to service, and documentation of authorized distributor certification (if a brand name product is intended for offer should the requirement go to solicitation). (1) Business size (small or large business concern), and number of employees; (2) Type of small business a. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business b. Veteran Owned Small Business c. Small Disadvantaged d. HubZone e. Woman Owned f. Small Business (3) GSA/FSS Contract Number for items, if applicable. Responses to this notice should be emailed to Arlene A. Blade at
contact@example.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 3 November 2017 at 10:00 AM CST. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses should also indicate whether the company is verified by the VA in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Database at www.vetbiz.gov.
