Q--HEMODIALYSIS

SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION DECISIONS. A SUBSEQUENT SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT MAY FOLLOW. RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO ANY FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENT. The VA New England Healthcare System (VANEHCS), VA Medical Center White River Junction (VAMC WRJ), Vermont is interested in identifying sources to provide hemodialysis equipment and services to veteran patients of the VAMC WRJ. The VAMC WRJ seeks source(s) to provide the appropriate hemodialysis equipment, to be kept on VAMC WRJ property, and to provide scheduled daily services, as well as on-call professional staff services 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, with a 4 hour or less response time following a request for services. Those wishing to identify their capability to provide the afore-mentioned service should respond to this announcement via email to [email protected] no later than November 25, 2009, 10:00 AM EST. Interested parties should provide the following: Company Name, Company Address, Point of Contact, POC phone number/email address, and DUNS number. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, OR "SOURCES SOUGHT," SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR OFFERS. INFORMATION IS TO BE PROVIDED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. NO ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT COSTS OR CHARGES INCLUDING POSTAGE AND SHIPPING WILL ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.