SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump
- Notice Date
- 7/10/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Medcom Contracting Center North Atlantic, ATTN: MCAA NA Bldg T20, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307-5000
- ZIP Code
- 20307-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W91YTZ-06-N-TRBO
- Response Due
- 7/21/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION Military Hospitals- (Army, Navy, and Air Force) TRICARE Region Europe is considering standardizing and establishing a Regional Incentive Agreement (s) (RIA (s) for Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps. This is not a request for bids but an invitation to participate in a product line review process that will result in a selection of vendor(s) to provide this product line to MTFs within the European Region. Vendors must be able to provide a full line of product and meet regional product volume requireme nts; provide representatives and product for vendor demonstrations at no charge to the government; and conduct product in-services for medical facility staff as needed. MILITARY HOSPITALS - TRICARE Europe Region, a military integrated delivery network, comprised of Army, Navy and Air Force medical facilities in Iceland, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Turkey. CATEGORY: Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pump POINTS OF CONTACT: Tri-Service Regional Business Office, TRICARE Region Europe. VIA Email: To Primary POC - marcee.whisenant@hbg.amedd.army.mil (team Clinical Analyst 001-49-6221-438797) Alternate POC - tracy.martin-tilgh@na.amedd.army.mil (team Logistician phone 202- 782-3663 or fax 202-782-4071) Response is needed no later than COB 21 July 2006. ELIGIBILITY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. A list of clinical criteria and instructions will be provided to vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers who are willing to participate. These vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers must be holders of a Distribution and Pricing Agreement (DAPA) with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), distribute products through the DSCP Prime Vendor (PV) program, and carry a full line of product for the items being considered. A company must be a DAPA Holder to participate in our standardization process. Fo r additional information on DAPA, you may call Kim Nichols at the Defense Supply Center-Philadelphia at (215) 737-8740 or email kim.nichols@dla.mil. Please respond by e-mail: marcee.whisenant@hbg.amedd.army.mil and provide your (1) company name, (2) address, (3) point of contact, (4) telephone number, (5) fax number, (6) e-mail address, and (7) your DAPA number for the product(s)/product line(s) being offered, (8) and answers to the below listed questions no later than COB 21 July 2006. 2. The review process leading to a selection of vendor (s) upon which to standardize will take into consideration, but not be limited to, the following technical aspects that must be addressed via email: TECHNICAL CRITERIA PRODUCT LINE: Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps 1. Vendor Name and Address 2. Does your Company manufacture or distribute a full line of PCA Pumps to include stationary and portable pumps 3. Under what brand(s) does your company manufacture or distribute your product? 4. What types of PCA Pumps and devices does your company offer? 5. What is your DAPA Number? 6. Are your products on the Federal Supply Schedule 7. Are your products available through the Prime Vendor, Owens & Minor 8. Have there been safety alerts issued by any governmental or accreditation agencies regarding the safety of your products 9. Any history of backorders and/or recalls for this product group? Dates and duration Cause Resolution 10. Does your company have the ability to service entire US Military European Region 11. What is the length of time your product has been on the market 12. PCA Pump Brand Name/Nomenclature? 13. Item Product Number / Catalogue Number 14. Universal Product Number (UPN): 15. Are cross references available to competitive products 16. What testing was used to support the efficacy of your product 17. Under what standards are your PCA Pumps manufactured? 18. Are your PCA Pumps FDA approved 19. What, if any, disposal requirements issues are there (tubing, battery, etc) 20. Does your company offer Maintenance and what are the terms 21. What material(s) are your PCA Pumps/proprietary tubing made of? 22. If proprietary tubing is required, is the tubing of needleless design? 23. Is your product latex free (tubing, power cord, etc) 24. Do you use non-toxic, color fast dyes for labeling on your products 25. What is your Return Goods Policy (proprietary tubing, accessories)? 26. Packaging Features (proprietary tubing/accessories): Expiration Date visible Lot number Shelf life in years 27. What type of educational materials is available? 28. What kind of staff training does your company provide? 29. Do you offer Clinical Support? 30. Does your company provide customer service 24/7? 31. What types of accessories (if any) come with your PCA Pumps? 32. Does PCA Pump design enable multi-modal operation such as continuous and/or intermittent PCA therapy, or Epidural therapy 33. Are your PCA Pumps easily programmed? 34. Are PCA therapy documentation flow sheets available through educational/clinical support sources 35. Are your PCA Pumps compact? 36. Is the PCA dosage/key stroke history easily retrievable? 37. What is the maximum memory capacity of your PCA Pump (dosage history, keystrokes, drug library set, etc). 38. Are your PCA Pumps lightweight? 39. Are your PCA Pumps designed to accommodate syringes, IV bags, or both? 40. What dosage rates are your PCA Pumps designed to deliver? (ml/hr, mg/hr, mcg/hr, etc.)? 41. Are your PCA pumps programmable for dosing all ages groups 42. What safety design features in your PCA Pumps prevent overdosing 43. Do your PCA pumps have software packages enabling the use of facility-specific drug/dosage library tailored to facility protocols and clinical practice 44. Do the PCA Pumps operating screen use TALLman display?. 45. Do your PCA pumps have software packages available for quality assurance trending data retrieval such as dosage history, programming history, programming error history, keystroke history, dosage override history, patient use history, etc 46. Do your PCA Pumps have speed programming capability for standard drug and dosages (continuous and patient-dosing)? 47. Do your PCA Pumps offer software packages that include a dose-error- reduction-type system which provide prompts/alarms with programming outside of pre-set concentration/dosage ranges 48. Does your PCA Pump currently support patient safety initiative with bar coding technology to identify and program drug/concentration/dosage parameters from Universal Product Codes (UPC)? If not, is this technology on the research and development hori zon? 49. Does your PCA Pump currently have wireless technology to enable remote individual or batch programming, data downloading, programming, BioMed equipment tracking, software upgrading, etc? If not, is this technology on the research and development horiz on? 50. For syringe-pump technology, is your PCA Pump design compatibility with proprietary pre-filled syringes, generic 3rd party pre-filled syringes, or facility-based batched pre-filled syringes in support of USP 797 criteria for reduction of locally-prepar ed batch contamination? Provide a comprehensive list of compatible pre-filled syringe sources. 51. Do the PCA Pumps have battery-backup operation capability? If so, what is Battery Capacity (in hours) before recharging is required 52. Does the product have Light-Emitting-Diode (LED) technology 53. Does the product have an audible alarm(s)? List parameters/keystrokes for which alarm(s) sound 54. What electrical source adaptors are required (if any) for PCA Pump operation throughout the European theatre 55. Primary Point of Contact for Government Business Contracting Office Address: U.S. Krankenhaus ERMC Contracting Cell Bldg 3705 66849 Landstuhl Germany
- Place of Performance
- Address: USA MEDDAC - Heidleberg, TRI-Service Regional Business Office CMR 442 Box 226 APO AE
- Zip Code: 09042
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 09042
- Record
- SN01085846-W 20060712/060710221106 (fbodaily.com)
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