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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Responses to this sources sought notice must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential businesses interested and capable of providing the supplies described below.

VA Greater Los Angeles Engineering Service located in 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073 is looking to purchase eight (8) each stack electric washer and dryer equivalent to Maytag Model# MLE22PRAYW for domiciliary and community living center at VA GLA. The current washer and dryer are beyond commercial repair and past their life expectancy and domiciliary needs new washers and dryers in order to provide proper sanitary living conditions for veterans. Installation service is not requested.

This procurement shall be a brand name or equal. Contractors must provide brand name or equal to Maytag Model# MLE22PRAYW stack washer/dryer electric that meet or exceed the physical, functional, and performance of listed salient characteristics described below. Contractors shall show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that all equal to items meet all required salient characteristics including brand name and model numbers IAW FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal

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Description
Model#
Qty
UOM
0001
Maytg Stack Washer/Dryer Electric or equal
MLE22PRAYW
8
EA

Salient Characteristics:
Must be commercial
Must be stacked washer/dryer style
Washer must be 120VAC
Dryer must be 240VAC, electric dryers with no requirement of gas
Must be front load washer/dryer
Must be ADA approved
Must be non-coin
Standard dimensions of a washing machine: roughly 27 wide x 31 deep x 39 tall, or stacked 78 tall
Minimum of 1 year warranty

If you are interested and are capable of providing the required supplies, please provide the following information.
(1) Company Name, Address, Point of Contact
(2) Size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.
(3) Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing?
(4) Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract type and number.
(5) If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or other federal contract holder, are the referenced items/solutions available on your schedule/contract?
(6) Please provide general pricing and product lead time for your products/solutions for market research purposes.
(7) Please submit a capability statement that addresses qualifications and verifies ability to perform work described above.

The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought announcement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. However, if there are insufficient Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business responses, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 333310 (1,000 employees).

Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to hestia.sim@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 6/20/2023 10:00 AM Pacific Local Time.

After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement, a solicitation may be published on the beta.sam.gov or GSA eBuy websites. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation. All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. Prospective bidders must be authorized re-sellers in order to participate in the solicitation process.

Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must be registered with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) located at http://veterans.certify.sba.gov.

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