Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25622Q0857 BACKGROUND: Background: The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) is requesting the purchase of an Imaging System needed for daily operation within Research Service. All products must meet all salient characteristics defined in section 2. Some equipment will require installation. Project Scope: The following components are needed for the areas specified above. Suggested Manufacturer Brand Name: Life Technologies EVOS 5000 DSS 1Y REX EQUAL OR EQUIVALENT as listed below: ITEM # ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY A40486 EVOS M5000 DSS 1Y REX 1 AMEP4980 OBJ FL 4X LWDPH 0.13NA 16.9WD 1 AMEP4981 OBJ FL 10X LWDPH 0.25NA 9.2WD 1 AMEP4982 EVOS Obj Inf Plan Fluor 20X LWD PH 1.0 mm 0.40N 1 AMEP4983 EVOS Obj Inf Plan Fluor 40X LWD PH 1.0 mm 0.65N 1 AMEP4950 EVOS LIGHT CUBE V2, DAPI ONE 1 AMEP4951 EVOS LIGHT CUBE V2, GFP ONE 1 AMEP4952 EVOS LIGHT CUBE V2, RFP ONE 1 AMEP4955 Evos Lightg Cube TEXAS RED 1 AMEP4619 HOLDER PACK AMEPVH001 VH010 1 Or Equivalent ITEM DESCRIPTION QUANTITY 18.5 in articulated LCD monitor (1920 ×1080 pixel resolution) 1 Embedded PC (4 GB RAM) 1 Manual X-Y stage 1 5-position objective turret 1 Condenser with 4-position turret 1 Condenser Light Shield, 110 mm 1 LED light cubes 1 OBJ FL 4X LWDPH 0.13NA 16.9WD 1 OBJ FL 10X LWDPH 0.25NA 9.2WD 1 Obj Fluor 20X LWD PH 1.0 mm 0.40N 1 Fluor 40X LWD PH 1.0 mm 0.65N 1 LIGHT CUBE V2, DAPI ONE 1 LIGHT CUBE V2, GFP ONE 1 LIGHT CUBE V2, RFP ONE 1 Lightg Cube TEXAS RED 1 Wireless mouse and keyboard 1 USB receiver (for wireless mouse and keyboard connection) 1 USB Wi-Fi adaptor (for wireless network connection to Connect applications and mapped network drives) 1 USB 3.0 flash drive, 16 GB (for image storage, 1 Vessel Holder, Two 25 × 75 mm slides 1 Vessel Holder, Universal 1 Calibration Slide 1 Light Shield Box 1 UV shield assembly 1 Condenser Slider, Block 1 Condenser Slider, 4X Pupil 1 Condenser Slider, Diffusion for Brightfield Applications 1 Universal power supply (12 V, 5 A) and power cord 1 Dust Cover 1 White glove Install 1 User Training 1 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 soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the name products listed in 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. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may 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. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside). Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to Kelly.Han@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than May 4, 2022 by 1300 CST. 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.
