Surgical Instrument Sharpening

36C25625Q0264 - Sources Sought Notice Title: Surgical Instruments Sharpening, Repair, Testing, and Inspection Pineville, LA, 71360 Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Galleria Financial Center, Suite 750, Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought/ Request for Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for the Surgical Instruments Sharpening, Repair, Testing, and Inspection Pineville, LA, 71360. Notice of Intent to Sole Source.

If there are no responses to this notice, a determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government to sole source to the brand name manufacturer. No response is a response. Government request that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below.

The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement.

Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide the following:

Contractor shall provide all necessary on-site labor, materials, supervision, test equipment, replacement parts, travel, and transportation to provide services that include, but are not limited to, sharpening, adjusting, aligning, straightening, refurbishing, calibrating, cleaning, extensive stain removal, polishing, lubricating, adjusting, chemical etching, and replacing parts of various individual surgical instruments sets and operating room (OR) procedural instrument trays for government owned items listed in Appendix A- Equipment List.

Place of Performance: Alexandria VA HealthCare System, 2495 Shreveport Hwy 71, Pineville, LA, 71360 Period of Performance: Base plus four (4) option year contract.

Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by 12/16/2024 at 2:30 PM (CST) via email to t.miller@va.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted. Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible. This a New Requirement. The subject line shall read: 36C25625Q0264 Sources Sought- Surgical Instruments Sharpening, Repair, Testing, and Inspection Pineville, LA. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(o). Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by AVAHCS as "market research" and will not be released outside of the AVAHCS Purchasing and Contract Team.

This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government.

In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ.

Contact Information: Contracting Specialist, T Miller Email address: t.miller@va.gov THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses