8/16/2024 - Amendment 0001 - The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate responses to industry questions. See attached Questions and Answers - 1 through 3. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.
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1. Title: Deliver and install Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) - includes removal of existing - in Pineville, LA 2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750 Houston, TX 77056-5643, 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 name brand or equal product. Contractor shall provide all shipping, delivery, installation, equipment, personnel, labor and testing for name brand or equal product to EATON 93E UPS. This Sources Sought is published for market research purposes. This Sources Sought will be used to determine if a set-aside for any small business program is appropriate. Government anticipates competitive, firm fixed price contract. Please review this announcement, respond to questions below and review all attachments in their entirety. Government requests 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. 3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to deliver and install UPS - includes removal of existing - in Pineville, LA. New UPS shall be compatible with shall be compatible with the existing Eaton maintenance bypass switch and shall be connected to the bypass switch. The requirement consisting of the following Name Brand or equal products that includes but not limited to (see attached Draft Statement of Work for product specifications and site photographs): Item 0001: DELIVER Eaton 93E, 60kVA, UPS - Eaton 93E, 60kVA, UPS Single Feed with Internal Batteries, New Three Phase, Online Double Conversion - Factory new Input/Output: 208/120V 4W+gnd Internal batteries provide 6 minutes@ full load /40 minutes@ 15kVA Warranty: 1 year labor and parts (Quantity 1 each) Item 0002: DELIVER Battery Cabinet Eaton 93E, 40-60kVA, Battery Cabinet - Eaton 93E, 40-60kVA Extended Battery Cabinet, 4 Strings 1 External battery cabinet increases runtime to 27 minutes@ full load/144 minutes@ 15kVA (Quantity 1 each) Item 0003: Eaton Network SNMP Card, New (Quantity 1 each) Item 0004: Startup - After Hours (7x24) (Quantity 1 each) Item 0005: Installation of Items 0001 through 0004; removal of existing Eaton UPS, Battery Cabinet with batteries, associated wiring and conduit not required for the new UPS; disposal of existing equipment; transportation costs for delivery of new equipment and disposal of existing (Quantity 1 Job); 4. Place of Performance: Alexandria VA Medical Center Building 7 Room 004 UPS Room 2495 Shreveport Hwy. Pineville, LA 71360 5. Responses Requested: The Government requires all of the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SS: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research. a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and www.SAM.gov Unique Entity Identification Number. b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications. c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 335999? d. Do you (Contractor) manufacture the product itself or are a distributor of the items being researched above? e. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM). f. Do you (Contractor) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if you are a nonmanufacturer? Does the size of your firm exceed 500 employees? Is your firm primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale retail trade and normally sell the type of item being supplied? Does your firm take ownership or possession of the item(s) with your personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? Will you supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States? g. Do you (Contractor) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule? h. Is your (Contractor) Buy American Certificate completed at the www.SAM.gov website? Please provide evidence with response annotating country of origin for the UPS. i. Is your (Contractor) Trade Agreement Certificate completed at the www.SAM.gov website? Please provide evidence with response annotating country of origin for the UPS. j. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested. Is the comparable product manufactured outside the United States? Are comparable, domestic products available? k. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it a foreign manufactured end product under trade agreement? l. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the name brand or equal product? m. For the name brand or equal product required, Is your company available under any; Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC) General Services Administration Schedules (GSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) If so, please list the contract number for name brand or equal product. n. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product is being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison to the name brand or equal product meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work. o. Request Contractors provide estimated industry pricing for name brand or equal products for market research and budgetary purpose in response to this notice. 6. Opportunity: The Government is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide and install this supply. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the Government in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry and set aside opportunities. Contractors shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. 7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by 08/20/2024 at 4:00 PM (CST) via email to tammy.demille@va.gov . All Questions shall be submitted by 8/16/2024 at 12:00 PM (CST) via email to tammy.demille@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: 36C25624Q1294-RFI-Sources Sought-UPS-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 the Government as "market research" and will not be released outside of the Government 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://sam.gov/content/opportunities) 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. 8. Contact Information: Contract Support Specialist: Tammy DeMille Email address: tammy.demille@va.gov Your responses to this notice are appreciated. 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 must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.
