7310--Supply: Food Service Carts

Sources Sought Notice Page 4 of 4 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation for bids, proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. The responses received from interested contractors will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), NCO 08- is conducting a market research survey to identify potential qualified sources capable of providing BRAND NAME OR EQUAL for food service carts at a firm fixed price for C.W. Bill Young VA Healthcare System, 10,000 Bay Pines Boulevard, Bay Pines, FL 33744. CLIN 0001 Brand Name Description: Aladdin Temp-Rite Manufacturer: ALADDIN TEMP-RITE Manufacturer Item Number: SC10E-525 Quantity: 25 each Draft Salient Characteristics: Equal must meet these salient characteristics. Explanation of how equal meets the salient characteristic and must be included with response. Equipment Requirements: Aladdin Temp-Rite SC10E-525 Food Tray Carts Tray carts (10 trays per cart-single door-single tray per slide) and total of 25 carts: Shall allow for 10 (15 x 20 ) food trays per cart with 1 tray per slide (single door) and tray spacing of 5.25 . Shall be constructed of stainless steel with interior welded tube framing. Shall have one single door with full-length handle and 270 degree swing door. Shall have 5 casters. Shall have non-marking corner bumpers. Statement of Need/Salient Characteristics Food Delivery/Retrieval Tray Carts Bay Pines Food and Nutrition Services 1. Scope of Work The Dept. of Veterans Affairs Food and Nutrition Services need to acquire new food delivery/retrieval tray carts that will fit the new cart wash machine being installed in the new kitchen. These carts need to be large enough for proper tray delivery/retrieval and have the ability to turn inside the new cart wash to enable them to be properly cleaned and sanitized in the cart wash machine. 2. Background Food tray carts are utilized to take food trays to/from the patient care units. These carts need to be cleaned and sanitized on a regular basis and when they have transported soiled trays. The new kitchen will have a specific cart wash machine, the Champion RW-72, in which carts are cleaned/sanitized inside. The carts needed to fit inside this machine and fit as many trays as possible in the space require a specific sized cart. 3. Place of Performance The product is requested to be delivered to the Food and Nutrition Department, CW Bill Young VA Medical Center, 10000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, Florida 33744. 4. Period of Performance The product is requested to be delivered within 90 days of award of the contract to the above location (place of performance), no later than October 31, 2023. 5. Type of Contract Supply: Firm, Fixed Price. RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: - Company Name, Address, Socio-economic Size Standard, UEI#, Cage Code - Capabilities Statement - Contract number (If applicable) - Place of Manufacturing/ Country of Origin - Point of Contact name, phone number, and email address - Authorized distributorship letter from the manufacturer (If applicable) *NOTE Acquisitions will only be set aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs if two or more responses that meet the Non-manufacturer Rule are received with the required information listed above, by the due date specified below. Responses are due by 3:00PM EST on Friday, July 27, 2023. No submissions will be accepted after this date and time. This is a Sources Sought Notice and submissions will be used for informational and planning purposes only. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This Sources Sought Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. The Government will treat any information received as proprietary and will not share such information with other companies. Any organization responding to this Sources Sought Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation as a result of this announcement. There is no solicitation available at this time.