SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Replace Bed Frames
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 9;1639 Medical Center Parkway;Suite 400;Murfreesboro TN 37129
- ZIP Code
- 37129
- Archive Date
- 10/19/2013
- Point of Contact
- Martin Frazier
- E-Mail Address
-
martin.frazier@va.gov
(martin.frazier@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (NCO 9), Murfreesboro, TN awarded sole source procurement under FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source to AMERICAN MEDICAL DEPOT (SDVOSB) (NAICS code 339112). The following verbiage is taken directly from the Justification and Approval for sole source and is posted in accordance with FAR 5.102(a) (6). Current bed frames have high failure rate of load cells. Per BioMed Equipment support specialists, the last preventative maintenance showed failure rate of approximately 25% or 1:4 beds. When load cell fails, the bed exit alarms no longer work. The current bed frames are not deemed as reliable due to this factor. The items are needed for resident safety and to enable the VA CLC meet National Patient Safety Goals for preventing falls and reducing injuries. (NPSG 9.02.01) Authority Cited: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) is implemented by FAR 6.302-2(a)(2) Unusual and compelling urgency. The agency's need is of such an unusual and compelling urgent nature that without the service, the medical healthcare mission will be compromised unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits quotes. Pursuant to FAR Part 5.202(a)(s), Exceptions, the unusual and compelling requirement will not be advertised. Reason for Cited Authority: The above statutory authority is cited because this is a true, urgent request that has been verified by Cyndi Baxter Service Chief and Agnes Therady Associate Director of Patient Care on 07 August 2013. The new bed frames are needed by 14 Aug 2013. Not receiving these items would compromise patient care as the physicians has determined. Contracting Officer Certification: I certify this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted.
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