Sources Sought Notice This notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation of the government to acquire any products or services. Responses to this notice will be used for informational purposes only and only for Network Contracting Office 5. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs from the government will arise as a result from a response to this announcement. No contract will be awarded from this notice. The information requested in this notice will be used to determine available sources of reagents for the Phadia Instrument and place of manufacturer. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 5 is seeking sources for the following procurement: Portable Compressed Oxygen North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 325120. The NAICS size is 1200. Contractors that deem themselves capable of meeting the requirement shall provide the below information to Ryan Singletary, Contract Specialist, at ryan.singletary@va.gov no-later-than February 14, 2025 at 3PM, Eastern Time. Background The purpose of this acquisition is the repetitive delivery of USP size E with Grab n go REG/DISS integrated valve/regulatory cylinders to each VA Medical Center location for the VA Medical Healthcare System (VAMHCS). This will support patient care at VA Medical Center Baltimore, Perry Point and Loch Raven (VAMHCS). Type of Contract Network Contracting Office 5 intends to award an estimate of one single award firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract five years based on results of market research. Statement of Work Medical Gases Department of Veterans Affairs VA Maryland Health Care System for Baltimore, Loch Raven and Perry Point Background. The purpose of this acquisition is the repetitive delivery of USP size E with Grab n go REG/DISS integrated valve/regulatory cylinders to each VA Medical Center location for the VA Medical Healthcare System (VAMHCS). This will support patient care at VA Medical Center Baltimore, Perry Point and Loch Raven (VAMHCS). Scope. The contractor shall be in the business of providing medical grade oxygen cylinders to: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA) Loch Raven, 3901 The Almeda, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2100 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA) Baltimore, 10 N. Greene Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA) Perry Point, BLDG 23, Eighth Street & Avenue D Perryville MD 2190 The contractor or subcontractor is responsible for picking up empty cylinders from the designated delivery docks at: Baltimore located delivery dock cylinder room BB104. Loch Raven located Building 1, room G-14. Perry Point located building 23 room GG-109B. The contractor or sub-contractor shall make deliveries of full cylinders on scheduled delivery days at VA Medical Center Baltimore Maryland, VA Medical Center Loch Raven and Perry Point VA Medical Center ensuring that seals and Full/In Use/Empty tags or barriers are properly affixed. Furthermore, securing tanks with chains and ensuring that collection areas are locked or otherwise secured upon departure is essential. This is a one for one Non-Government owned cylinder exchange. At the time of each delivery, Contractor must provide a legible signed and dated written document that identifies the full quantity delivered and empty tank quantity returned. Contractor will ensure all empty cylinder tanks are retrieved during restocking process. This document must be counter-signed by the warehouse personnel who gives contractor access to the tanks or designated Supply Chain Management Service employee at time of delivery. Contractor or Sub-Contractor shall sign in and out of the facility with VAMHCS. Contractor will provide a monthly consolidated invoice clearly showing each line item and amount of each line item delivered for that month and each line items amount returned cylinder no later than the Monday of the first working week of the following month. Contractor or Sub-Contractor shall furnish all labor and materials needed to complete the work at no cost to the VAMHCS except as outlined in the contract. Contractor shall respond via phone call or email the same day to requests made for Emergent specialized gases needed for medical procedures. The Contractor or Sub-Contractor must be able to deliver gases in Emergent situations in a four-hour (from time of confirmation) delivery time frame as needed by the VAMHCS. Quantities shown in the Schedule of Supplies and Services are estimates of the VA Medical Center Baltimore, Loch Raven and Perry Point (VAMHCS). There is no express or implied guarantee that these quantities will be purchased. Any contract awarded under the solicitation will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity for a period of five (5) years, pending a