J065--Notice of Intent to Sole Source Swisslog BoxPickers Service Contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs VA Healthcare System, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source to Translogic Corporation, located at 11325 Main Street Broomfield, CO 80020-2855, to provide support services including preventive maintenance, telephone support, on-site support, and software support/updates for the Swisslog BoxPickers equipment. The associated NAICS code for this requirement is 333914, with a standard NAICS size of 750 employees. SERVICES REQUIRED: The contractor shall provide support services including preventive maintenance, telephone support, on-site support, and software support/updates for two Swisslog Box Pickers (SN 10009643, 580 MX2602832) and (SN 10009644, 580 MX2602838) during the term of December 14, 2021 through December 13, 2022 for the base year with provision for two 12-month option years from December 14, 2022 December 13, 2024. Service for all Swisslog equipment listed above will be yearly, all located at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center at 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030. INTERESTED & CAPABLE RESPONSES: NCO 16 is seeking responses from businesses that are interested in this procurement and consider themselves to have the resources, rights, and capabilities necessary to provide these services. Please provide all the following in your response: Business name, business type, socio-economic status (e.g., Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), etc.), person of contact (including telephone number & email address), GSA Contract number if applicable, and DUNS number. Please also include the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for which you propose to provide the service under for verification of your size standard. A Capability Statement which provides detailed, specific information that demonstrates understanding of the tasks required and capability to perform the tasks as stated in the attached Statement of Work. Failure to tailor capability statement to this specific requirement may result in your company being determined non-responsive. Capability to provide the required services as listed in the attached Statement of Work (See Attached Draft SOW). In this response, the contractor shall identify if at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. The contractor shall also identify if they intend to subcontract with Translogic Corporation. and what percentage of the work, they intend for Translogic Corporation to provide. Authorization letter from Translogic Corporation you are approved to provide these services as stated in the Draft SOW. Authorization letter from Translogic Corporation you are approved to provide OEM parts on the items listed in the Draft SOW. If no responses are received, the Contracting Office will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Translogic Corporation, located at 11325 Main Street Broomfield, CO 80020-2855. Responses must be submitted by 2:00 PM CST, Friday December 02, 2021. Responses to the information request above may be submitted via email to contact@example.gov. This Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source is for planning purposes only. The results of this notice may assist in the development of (1) the requirement, and (2) the acquisition strategy (e.g., small business set-aside, full and open competition, etc.). Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. VA assumes no responsibility for any costs incurred associated with the preparation of responses submitted for this notice.