DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE (NCO) 16 MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER (VAMC), HOUSTON, TEXAS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25619Q0818 BACKGROUND: The Houston VAMC has a requirement for the following BRAND NAME OR EQUAL supplies: Manufacturer Stock # Item Description Please see SOW attached REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post in the near future. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the exact brand name products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response please cite your business size status. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that can be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of similar items, please respond to this RFI. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to [email protected]. Please respond to this RFI no later than May 10, 2019. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER SCOPE OF WORK Siemens Magnetom TRIO 3T Neck Matrix Coil Exchange 580-19-3-255-1062 SECTION A Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, parts, equipment to exchange the not fully-functioning Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T neck matrix coil equipment at the Michael E. Debakey Medical Center located at 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, parts, equipment, tools to perform the exchange of the not fully-functioning Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T neck matrix coil equipment. Contractor shall certify that the biomedical equipment is functioning properly and safely and ready for use. Contractor must provide 1 year of documentation that their company has worked on the equipment specified above. Following the inspection, contractor must demonstrate to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or designee that the equipment runs properly according to manufacturer specifications. The contract price shall be firm-fixed, all-inclusive, and not limited to specified products/equipment, installation, and setup/configuration. DESCRIPTION OF WORK 1) Contractor will exchange the not fully-functioning Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T neck matrix coil equipment at the Michael E. Debakey Medical Center located at 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 with a new, fully-functioning and same model replacement for the not fully-functioning Siemens Magnetom Trio 3.0T neck matrix coil. 2) The Contractor will not act outside of the scope of this project without guidance from the COR. PRIVACY/SECURITY The contractor will not have electronic connectivity to the devices and will not have access to patient databases or receive screenshots with PHI present. Any electronic or magnetic data storage devices such as hard drives, etc. shall be turned into the ISO. Electronic or magnetic data storage devices are not to be removed from VA property.

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