Dental Equipment and Installation

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6, Richmond VA Medical Center (VAMC), Richmond, VA, intends to award a contract for Dental Equipment (and installation) for the Fredericksburg HCC located at Fredericksburg VA Health Care Center, 5313 Patriots Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22408. The NAICS code for this requirement is 339114 and business size standard of 750 Employees. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only.

The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. VA is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside.

If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation, then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid.

Seeking a potential qualified contractors than can provide the following Brand Name or Equal items (no gray market items accepted): CLIN Item Description QTY Make Model 0001 Dental Chair (D3320) 19 A-Dec 511 - A-dec 511 Chair 0002 Stool, Dental, Doctor (D3380) 19 A-Dec 521 A-Dec Doctor s Stool 0003 Stool, Dental, Assistants (D3390) 19 A-Dec 522 A-Dec Assistant s Stool 0004 Dental Delivery System (D8250) 19 A-Dec 532 Traditional Delivery System 0005 Dental, Delivery System, Rear Mounted Adjustable Arm 19 A-Dec 551 Rear-Mount, Adjustable Arm 0006 LED Radial Light 19 A-Dec 572L Radius Style LED Light This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.

All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. All information submitted in response to this Sources Sought notice become property of the Government. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include:

(1) Company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and DUNS number (www.dnb.com);

(2) List of available compatible products, procurement source (open market or GSA Schedule), the geographical location the respondent is able to service, and documentation of authorized distributor certification (if a brand name product is intended for offer should the requirement go to solicitation);

(3) Business size (small or large business concern), and number of employees.

(4) Type of small business (i.e., Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; Veteran Owned Small Business; Small Business, etc.). Responses to this notice should be emailed to Ronnie Gregory at Ronnie.Gregory@va.gov . Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 1/26/2024 at 11:00 AM EST. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only.

All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses should also indicate whether the company is verified by the VA in the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) at Veteran Small Business Certification (sba.gov)