Q -- Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies

This announcement is issued for informational and planning purposes only. This Request for Information (RFI) is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Responses to the RFI will not serve as proposals, bids, or offers, which could be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Department of the Treasury?s Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) is conducting market research to determine the feasibility of a set-aside competition for the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC. The AFRH-W has the requirement for an inventory control system (ICS) to manage the Home?s medical supplies. This requirement also includes warehousing, ordering, tracking, delivering, restocking, reordering, and reporting on the inventory. The contractor shall also provide advisory services on supply management best practices as well as support of the ICS. The contractor shall provide personnel, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation, services and management oversight to accomplish the installation, test, and operation of the ICS at the AFRH-W. The Government will provide working space for the contractor as required. The Government will furnish the necessary subject matter expertise as needed to facilitate contractor performance. All work shall meet or exceed, or be in conformity with the requirements of applicable NSF, JCAHO, CARF, ASME, ANSI, NEC, NFPA, OSHA, EPA, USDA, USPHS, state and local laws and regulations. The contractor shall schedule work to cause the least interference with the normal occurrence of government business and minimal disruption of medical operations. Normal operating hours will be Monday ? Friday from 7:30am ? 4:00pm. In order to set this solicitation aside, BPD needs to ensure that the set aside community is capable of fulfilling the above requirements. Please provide us with the following information within 7 days of this request: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify the company as one or more of the followings: 1) small business; 2) 8(a) business; 3) HUBZone small business; 4) small disadvantaged business; 5) woman-owned small business; (6) veteran-owned small business; (7) service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or (8) large business. 2. Provide information that clearly indicates your capability to meet the above requirements. The name and contact information for customers, current or previous, for which you have provided services similar to the ones that we require. Interested parties are requested to submit responses electronically to Lisa Wells at contact@example.gov. Or, responses may be addressed to: Lisa Wells, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Avery 5-F, Parkersburg, WV 26106. No other information regarding this requirement will be provided at this time. Your response, while appreciated, is completely voluntary. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Wells at +1 (555) 000-0000. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mailing your request to contact@example.gov.