Atlas 5000 Corneal Topogropher - NWI

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT for Atlas 5000 Corneal Topographer, Brand-Name DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VISN 23 Source Sought: The VA is seeking business sources qualified to provide some, or all, of the items listed below as Brand Name. This is NOT a solicitation.

INTERESTED SOURCES SHALL RESPOND BY: Please submit response no later than 10:00am CST Thursday, May 30, 2024 All responses and questions must be emailed to James.miller4@va.gov and must include in the subject line: Sources Sought Atlas 5000 Corneal Topographer 36C263-24-Q-0826 POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE:

1. Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address.

2. State if your firm distributes the Brand Name items, or Equal items.

3. SAM UEI number.

4. NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code that your firm uses for supplies.

5. State if your firm is a large business, small business, service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, HUB zone 8(a), women-owned small business or a small disadvantaged business.

6. State if your firm has the required items on Schedule (FSS, GSA, SEWP, other ).

7. Provide a letter from the manufacturer verifying your firm is an authorized distributor.

8. Provide the country of origin for each of the required items.

REQUIRED ITEM: ITEM QTY DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER PART/Model NUMBER 1 1 Corneal Topographer CARL ZEISS ATLAS 500 DISCLAIMER AND ADDITIONAL NOTICES: Responses may be used as research to better understand the marketplace or for creating a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this or future information requests. AT THIS TIME NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. (DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION).

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a solicitation may be published on sam.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.