6640--Low Temp Freezer, STL, 657-23-4-136-0743 (VA-23-00097507)

Scope of Work VA Saint Louis Health Care System This is not a Presolicitation or Solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought notice only. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gain market knowledge of potential small business sources and their size classifications; HUBZone, 8(a), Small Disadvantage Business, Woman Owned Business, Veteran Owned Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business relative to NAICS Code 333415, with a small business size standard not to exceed 1,250 employees. Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate determinations about potential sources only. No solicitation is currently available at this time. After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement a synopsis and/or solicitation announcement may be published at a later time. Responses to this notice shall include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) and must respond to the following questions: 1) Is your business a small business under NAICS code 339920? 2) Does your firm qualify as a small disadvantaged business? - 3) If disadvantaged - - specify if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? 4) Are you a certified HUBZone firm? 5) Are you a woman-owned or operated business? 6) Are you a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned business? 7) Is your business a large business? Please provide a capability statement addressing your organization s ability to perform as a prime contractor the work described in the draft SOW (below). Index your firm s capabilities to the tasks in the draft SOWso that your firm s capabilities can be readily assessed. This is not request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. - Please provide responses in writing no later than 28 August 2023 to: contact@example.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. No solicitation is currently available at this time Statement of Work 1. Requester: ST- VAMC Research Dr. Abhinav Diwan 2. Equipment: Freezer We are requesting to purchase a -86 freezer for the lab from funds that were initially budgeted in my MERIT grant proposal. The facility currently has access to an aging -80 freezer at the primary site which is not on emergency backup power as it is a 220V specification. This puts the samples stored therein at peril during power outages- both planned and unplanned. We need a -80 freezer that is functional at 110V. This is because the only emergency power available to us in our lab space is a 110V socket, and the -86 samples are precious and can be degraded even with short periods of power loss with a change in temperature by as little as 10 degrees. We currently have one freezer that is ~10years old and is overloaded as we are running out of space. Besides this freezer operates at 220V and we have a backup CO2 tank that we have to rely upon in case of power failure. This is not a fail-safe mechanism to protect the precious research tissue samples. 3. Technical Specifications: Freezer: The specific details on the freezer we are requesting are as follows: 1) We wish to obtain an upright -86°C ultralow freezer 2) Size 25.7 cubic feet with vacuum insulation panel, which operates at 115V/60Hz 3) Eye level microprocessor controls, and reusable accessible filter with temperature alarm are preferred. Preferred color is the standard gray/any light color. 4) We wish to have -84 ºC Operation in Top Compartment, with fast Recovery after door openings 5) Temperature uniformity of +/- 5 degrees is preferred 6) We need 2 insulated inner doors w/ SS latches and locking mechanism and 3 adjustable reinforced SS Shelves 7) Other preferences are for an environmental friendly design with less than 49 decibel operation (quiet). 8) We wish to have at least 24 months parts & labor warranty