Cordless floor cleaning system
Sources Sought Notice:
DESCRIPTION: This is a sources sought to determine the availability of potential sources having the skills and capabilities necessary to provide the SPECIFIED REQUIREMENT. All interested vendors are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought including commercial market information. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. This is a sources sought synopsis only. Questions shall be submitted by email to Jennifer.adams7@va.gov. Provide only the requested information below. The purpose of this sources sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, FSS/GSA contract schedule holders or large business) relative to NAICS 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. The Size Standard is 1000 Employees. Responses to this sources sought will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this sources sought synopsis, a solicitation announcement may be published on the GSA or FBO website. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement.
SPECIFIED REQUIREMENT: Network Contracting Office 16, Alexandria VA Health Care System, Pineville, LA is seeking sources for a potential contractor to provide the equipment listed below:
SCOPE OF WORK AND GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
1. Background: The Alexandria VA Medical Center (AVAMC) EMS is looking to purchase
new commercial iMop Cordless Floor Cleaners
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2. Project Scope: The delivery of five (5) iMop Cordless Floor Cleaners
3. C&A Requirements The C&A requirements do not apply, and that a Security Accreditation
Package is not required.
4. LINE ITEM QUANITY UNIT OF ISSUE
1) iMop Cordless Floor Scrubber 5 EACH
5. Supply Specifications Requirements:
Physical Characteristics- iMop
iMop floor cleaning system is a revolutionary unit that applies the solution, scrubs the floor
and extracts soil in one motion. Cordless unit that Saves a great deal of staff time, water and
chemicals, while giving you cleaner floors. It's built to last and appropriate for all floor types
Places 48.5 lbs. of brush pressure on the surface 350-RPM counter-rotating brushes, in
cleaning mode Cleans 1,000 sq. ft. in only 4.5 minutes and dries quickly
6. Warranty and Support:
Standard manufacturer s warranty
7. Delivery Location:
Alexandria VAHCS
2495 Shreveport Hwy.
Pineville La. 71360
Warehouse building # 136
REQUESTED INFORMATION: (1) STATEMENT OF CABABILITY: Submit a brief description, five (5) pages or less, that demonstrates how your company has the supervision, facilities, labor and experience to perform the scheduled and unscheduled repairs and preventative maintenance of the equipment described above. Include past experience in performing these services to the VA, other Government (Federal or State) agency, or for a private facility. Please specify your availability to start date and your address. (2) BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: (a) Indicate whether your business is large or small (b) If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business (c) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (d) Indicate if your firm is a certified Hub-zone firm (e) Indicate if your firm is a woman-owned or operated business (f) Indicate if your firm is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) (g) Include the DUNS number of your firm. (h) State whether your firm is registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov/. (i) NOTE that any future solicitation could only be awarded to a contractor who is registered in SAM and to receive award based on VOSB or SDVOSB status you must be registered in the VetBiz Registry.
Responses shall be submitted to VA256-17-N- 0941 no later than 4:00pm CST, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Fax or Telephone calls will not be accepted. Your response should include both the STATEMENT OF CABABILITY and BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS information as explained above. Please place "Attention: Cordless Floor Cleaner in the subject line of your response. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. A SOLICITATION IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND MAY NOT DEVELOP FROM THIS RFI. If a solicitation is issued it will be announced at a later date and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.
Jennifer Adams
Contract Specialist
601-206-6955
jennifer.adams7@va.gov
