RFI 36C26218Q9191 SOURCES SOUGHT The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22, 4811 Airport Plaza Drive, 6th Floor, Long Beach, California 90815 is conducting a market research on the availability of Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) to provide a quote for items referenced below. NAICS: 334516, Small Business Size: 1,000 employees. Interested SDVOSB shall provide Company s Name, Dun and Brad Street no. and contact information for this market research. Once the information is submitted; the Contracting Officer shall verify that the interested party is a certified SDVOSB in www.vetbiz.gov and firm s registration in www.SAMgov. SDVOSB can either provide a quote as a holder of a VA Federal Supply Schedule (VA FSS) or as a 100% SDVOSB set aside. Please be advised that this is not a solicitation. A solicitation will be issued at a later date. If the market research is inconclusive, the solicitation shall be issued as a full and open competition procurement. Please read the Gray Market Items provision provided below. All information shall be submitted, no later than 11:00 a.m. (local time), March 2, 2018 or sooner, to Maria Cruz-Thompson, Contracting Officer, email: [email protected]. Please include this document in your email with non-binding prices. The email shall include in the subject line the RFI No.: 36C26218Q9191 Item Description 1 AirFuge Benchtop Ultracentriguge, QTY: 1 Salient Characteristics: Max. Speed: 110,00 + 5,000 RPM Max. Force: 199,00 x g Max. Capacity: 4 x 450 uL Drive: Air turbine drive Air pressure at ultracentrifuge for routine operation: 30 psi (210 kPa) Accel. Time: 30 -60 seconds Decel. Time: 2.5 5.5 minutes Speed Control: Air-pressure regulation Speed Readout: By conversion of air pressure reading from instrument gauge. An Optional Digital Speed Readout shall be available. Braking System: Coasting, then frictional braking by engagement of brake pin. Temperature Range: Rotor temperature is a few degrees above ambient Timer: 0-300 minutes in five-minute increments, HOLD for longer runs. Dim: 28w x 38d x20h cm 2 Rotor Chylomicron ACR- 90 Airfuge, 3.5 ml QTY: 1, compatible to form and function with Item No. 1. FEIGHT AND SHIPPING: FBO DESTINATION DELIVERY: 15 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF A VALID ORDER (ARO) GREY MARKET ITEMS (a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers.  No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.   (b) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM.  All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. (c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract.  Accordingly, the  VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to  replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. 

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