This is a Sources Sought for Market Research Purposes Only. The VA VISN 2 Upstate New York Healthcare System is issuing a Sources Sought to determine if there are any Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Small Businesses (SB) that can provide the Biocare Intellipath FLX staining system "or equal" and associated reagents and supplies. In addition, if you are providing Biocare compatible reagents, please include what their equivalents are and associated protocols, retrieval times, and staining/ washing times as appropriate. More specifically, the VA is looking to lease this equipment on a short term basis for one year and 2 possible 6-month option periods. Please provide leasing terms if appropriate. Please note that this is NOT a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue solicitation documents. Vendors that are interested in possibly providing these items/ services are asked to submit the following information: 1.) Company name 2.) Company Address 3.) DUNS Number 4.) Company POC name 5.) Company POC Phone 6.) Company POC email 7.) Company website 8.) Business type: SB/SDVOSB/HBCU , etc. 9.) List of any and all existing Government Contract Vehicles for this product if applicable Please identify your company's small business size standard based on the applicable NAICS code of 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 500 employees. For more information refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards. Small Business Concern 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Woman-Owned Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Veteran-Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Note: If claiming SDVOSB or VOSB, the firm must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry http://www.vetbiz.gov/; also include VetBiz certification. The Contract Specialist is Allan Preston and can be reached at (585)297-1469. Interested firms fitting one or more of the Socio-economic categories should send their information by email to [email protected] no later than 10:00AM Eastern Standard Time, September 4, 2012.

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