SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Reagents & Laboratory equipment Rental
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;North Texas Veterans Health Care Center;4500 S. Lancaster Road;Dallas TX 75216
- ZIP Code
- 75216
- Solicitation Number
- VA-257-07-RQ-0089
- Response Due
- 8/3/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2007
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Request for Quotes (RFQs)are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, VA-257-07-RQ-0089 is issued as a Request for Quote. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-18. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, which has a small business size standard of 500 employees. The North Texas VA Health Care Service-Dallas intends to procure an option for a Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analyzer for testing Methicillin-Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus (MRSA) on a cost per test basis. The analyzer shall be a real time analyzer with a Turn Around Time (TAT) of 2 hours of sample receipt. The analyzer shall be a closed, self-contained, fully-integrated automated platform. The Analyzer shall combine on-board sample preparation with real-time PCR amplification and detection functions. The system must allow for random access capability for additional samples and be able to be performed by a general medical technologist after minimal training and validation. The above characteristics are intended to be descriptive, but not restrictive. FOB will be destination. Delivery shall occur within 14 days after receipt of order. Clauses 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference and 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference are included in this synopsis/solicitation. Forms, clauses, and provisions stipulated herein may be downloaded via the Internet at the following address: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www1.va.gov/oamm/oa/ars/policyreg/vaar/index.cfm (VAAR). Interested parties are responsible for accessing and downloading documents and forms from that site. The following provisions and clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation that will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technically acceptable and 2) Price. Technically acceptable is more important than price. The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors. Technically acceptable will be evaluated based on the function and operation of the item. Offerors shall submit descriptive literature, product samples, technical features, and warranty provisions. Price will be evaluated to determine its fairness, completeness and reasonableness as it relates to the items offered. As prescribed in FAR Part 42.15, the VA evaluates contractor past performance on all contracts that exceed $100,000 and shares those evaluations with other Federal Government agencies. The FAR requires that the contractor be provided an opportunity to comment on past performance evaluations prior to each report closing. To fulfill this requirement, VA uses an online database, the Contractor Performance System (CPS, which is maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CPS database is shared with the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) database, which is available to all federal agencies. You are required to register with the NIH CPS database at the following address: https://cpscontractor.nih.gov . 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, a completed copy of this provision shall be submitted with the offer. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, - Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items to include clauses (b)1, (b)3,(b)7, (b) 8, (b)10, (b)12, (b)14, (b)15, (b)16, (b)17, (b)18, (b)19, (b)20, (b)21, (b)22, (b)26, (b)27, and (b)33. The following additional clauses and provisions apply: 52.216-1, Type of Contract - For purposes of this clause, this will be a firm fixed price Reagent Rental option contract. 52.232-18, Availability of Funds 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year 52.232-38, Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer 52.233-2, Service of Protest 852.203-71, Display of VA Hotline Poster 852.211-70, Service Data Manual 852.211-71, Guarantee 852.211-75, Technical Industry Standards - For the purpose of this clause, the equipment must conform to Food and Drug Administration standards as to their approval process. 852.233-70, Protest Content 852.233-71, Alternate Protest Content 852.270-1, Representatives of Contracting Officers 852.270-4, Commercial Advertising Offers are to be received at the North Texas VA Health Care Service, ATTN: Brian K. Delaney (90C) 4500 S. Lancaster Rd, Dallas Texas 75216 or you may E-mail quotes to brian.delaney@va.gov by 12:00 P.M CST, August 3, 2007. Offers can be hand delivered to Mr. Brian K Delaney at the above address and I can be contacted at 214-857-0252 or via e-mail at brian.delaney@va.gov for questions.
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