Brand Name or Equal Right/Left Handed VertaCat Sport Golf Cart

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY The purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to procure Brand Name or Equal Right/Left Handed VertaCat Sport. This notice serves to survey the market to ascertain whether-or-not sources are capable of providing the requested supply/services. You also must be an Authorized Distributor for the manufacture of a brand name or equal product if not the manufacture. This notice also allows potential contractors/vendors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their capability. Please review the DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) to compare your supply/service to what is requested. Complete the line-items below and submit any documentation supporting your product/service for consideration. Network Contracting Office 23 (NCO 23) is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing. The Small Business Administration (SBA) Size Standard for this request is 1,000 Employees. This Sources Sought is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification(s) (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SD/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 336999. Responses to this notice, will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this notice, a solicitation announcement may be published. Responses to this notice are not considered adequate responses to any corresponding solicitation announcement. All interested offerors are requested to respond to this notice but are required to respond to the official solicitation announcement in order to be awarded the contract. INSTRUCTIONS: RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Primary Information: Company Name: Point of Contact (POC) name: Email address: Phone number: Unique Entity ID No. listed in the System of Awards Management (SAM): Business Size: (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Small Business Other, Small Business, or Large Business) for the NAICS code 336999. IMPORTANT If your firm is a Socio-economic small business (SD/VOSB), Hub zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman owned small business), please state if your firm is a Non-Manufacture under the Non-Manufacturing Rule. A manufacturer is defined as a business that, with its own facilities, performs primary activities in transforming inorganic or organic substances, including the assembly of parts and components, into the end-product being acquired. In other words, a manufacturer makes or produces products. Below are the four criteria to help to determine manufacture or non-manufacture. A business may qualify as a nonmanufacturer if it (Please complete below): a. ____ Business size does not exceed 500 employees. b. ____ Firm is primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells this type of item being supplies. c. ____ Firm takes ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice. d. ____ Supplies the endo products of a small business manufacture or processor made in the United States. For more information, please go to: Nonmanufacturer rule | U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov) Please indicate whether you hold a GSA Federal-Supply-Schedule or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinitely Quantity (IDIQ) contract that covers this type of request. If so, please provide the Schedule contract number. Must have an Authorized Distributor Letter issued from the manufacture if not the manufacture. The attached SOW is a draft and is NOT finalized. If any portions are unclear, prohibited, and/or you are unsure about the draft description of the requirement please list your comments and/or concerns in your response so they can be addressed. Response is due by 04/01 2024, at 13:00 Central Time. Please submit e-mail responses to Mr. Emanuel Nevarez, Contract Specialist, at email address: emanuel.nevarez@va.gov. Please place Right/Left Handed VertaCat Sport in the subject line of your email. This notice is to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in determining qualified sources only. BRAND NAME OR EQUAL for all line-items listed below. ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 7.00 EA __________________ __________________ RIGHT/LEFT HANDED VERTACAT SPORT GOLF PACKAGE TO INCLUDE ADJUSTABLE STAND UP UNIT, GOLF BAG HOLDER, FOLD-UP FOOT REST, LIGHT UNIT LED FRONT/REAR, LEFT AND RIGHT STORAGE TRUNK WATERPROOF, 2 USB PORTS, 48 VOLT DRIVE ALL-TERRAIN WHEELS (APPROVED FOR DRIVING ON GREENS), WATERPROOF SEAT CUSHION, CUSHION KNEE BELT, CHEST BELT, WAIST SAFETY BELT, STANDARD WHITE COVER, CHARGER, TOOL SET FOR ADJUSTMENTS, SINGLE REAR WHEEL, KEY IGNITION, AND 2 YEAR FACTORY WARRANTY. Contract Period: Base POP Begin: 05-21-2024 POP End: 06-21-2024 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 336999 - All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: 2310 - Passenger Motor Vehicles GRAND TOTAL __________________ NOTES: Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these supplies and/or services, or to issue a solicitation, nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exists at this time; however, in the event the acquisition strategy demonstrates that GSA is a viable option for procuring a solution, the RFQ shall be posted to GSA eBuy where only those firms who currently hold a GSA Schedule with the applicable SIN will be able to respond. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking quotes nor accepting unsolicited quotes, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought notice.