6515--Handheld Automatic Refractor Q&A
Agency: | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF |
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Level of Government: | Federal |
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Opps ID: | NBD00159876183611109 |
Posted Date: | Apr 11, 2024 |
Due Date: | Apr 12, 2024 |
Solicitation No: | 36C24524Q0438 |
Source: | https://sam.gov/opp/de44c07330... |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Updated)
- All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
- Updated Published Date: Apr 11, 2024 04:14 pm EDT
- Original Published Date: Apr 09, 2024 02:04 pm EDT
- Updated Date Offers Due: Apr 12, 2024 09:00 am EDT
- Original Date Offers Due: Apr 12, 2024 09:00 am EDT
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Updated Inactive Date: Apr 22, 2024
- Original Inactive Date: May 12, 2024
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 6515 - MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
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NAICS Code:
- 339112 - Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
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Place of Performance:
Department of Veterans Affairs Washington DC VAMC Washington , 20422
Questions and Answers:
Vendor question: Can you please edit the salient characteristics to allow for comparable products to be quoted?
Answer: The solicitation language will remain the same at this point. This is a brand name or equal solicitation. Vendors have the opportunity to provide quotes that meet or exceed the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics specified in this solicitation.
The solicitation states: Offeror quotations must demonstrate meeting the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation, otherwise it will be considered non-responsive. The technical specifications for this requirement are listed for Brand Name or Equal per FAR 52.211-6.
Additionally, the solicitation states:
Acceptability of equipment/services shall be established by review of each submitted quotation by the designated evaluator(s) and verification that any equal-to items meet the salient characteristics included in this solicitation. Submissions to this solicitation must show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that equal-to items meet all the salient characteristics (see Attachment A). Offers that include any items that are not determined as Brand Name or Equal shall result in an unacceptable offer. See 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal for additional information.
52.211-6 - Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)
(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as brand name or equal, the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that equal products must meet are specified in the solicitation.
(b) To be considered for award, offers of equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer, must
(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;
(2) Clearly identify the item by
(i) Brand name, if any; and
(ii) Make or model number;
(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and
(4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification.
(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate equal products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.
(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an equal product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.
(End of clause)
These sections give information on how vendors who submit equal to brands should respond.
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- LINTHICUM , MD 21090
- USA
- Ryan Singletary
- ryan.singletary@va.gov
- Phone Number 202-745-8000
- Apr 11, 2024 04:14 pm EDTCombined Synopsis/Solicitation (Updated)
- Apr 09, 2024 02:04 pm EDT Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Original)
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