66--FISHER HEALTHCARE FY17

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. In preparation for a future procurement, the Albany VA Medical Center in VISN 02 is performing market research to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification (service disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, hub zone, 8(a), small disadvantage business, woman-owned, small business, or large business) relative to NACIS 325413 (size standard 1250 employees) that can offer Beckman Coulter Primary Care Diagnostics Hemoccult Kits. (CVE verified vendors and proof they are able to provide manufactured end items from OEM). Item Number Description 23280011 Beckman (395066A) - Hemoccult ICT Collection Kits 23280012 Beckman (395067A) - Manual Microbiology Hemoccult ICT Fecal Occult Blood Detection Interested companies should submit an electronic statement outlining their company's capability and capacity to provide the product, the specifications of the therapy units, and the delivery time to deliver the product to Albany NY. Also, firms should provide their business size status in accordance with the small business administration guidelines (www.sba.gov) for the NAICS code they fall within. This Sources Sought is for informational purposes and all businesses able to provide these supplies are encouraged to submit information regardless of Business size. Please email statements of capabilities to Denise Edmonds no later than Friday, September 16, 2016 at 10:00AM Eastern time to [email protected]. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued it will be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses to any future solicitation announcements.