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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 FBO #5412
DOCUMENT

71 -- Dementia Patient Dining Chairs - Attachment

Notice Date

9/15/2016
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

337127 — Institutional Furniture Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VISN/18PHX;777 E. Missouri, Suite 300;Phoenix AZ 85014
 

ZIP Code

85014
 

Solicitation Number

VA25816Q0988
 

Response Due

9/17/2016
 

Archive Date

10/2/2016
 

Point of Contact

William Corson
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. This is not a request for proposals. A solicitation will not be issued at this time. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) has a requirement for Dimentia Patient Dining Chairs. The intent of the procurement is to award a firm-fixed price contract. The Statement of Work (SOW) defines the effort required for the purchase and delivery of the system to the Prescott VA. Unique Features: NAVAHCS Chairs required must meet or exceed the following specifications: 1.Purpose: Northern VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) has the requirement for 20 chairs for the Dementia Unit of the Community Living Center (CLC). The current dining room chairs have been deemed unsafe for nursing home patients and were the subject of an internal RCA due to a patient injury and subsequent death. The chairs required must have weighted bottoms and with perfectly straight leg construction in a risk-adverse measure to minimize falls should an elderly patient lean on them for any reason. For this reason best value to the government will be weighted highest in the evaluation versus LPTA. 2.Requirements - Chair MUST meet the following: a.Chair Construction (1)Arm panels (open arm), six-quarter (6/4) domestic beech hardwood, kiln dried to moisture content of 6% to 8% at time of arm construction. (2)Assembly joinery utilizes both glued finger-joint and double-dowel styles. (3)Arm Caps - black poly; attached by 3 metal dowel/screws per arm pad b.Back Construction (1)One (1) part compound-curve laminated plywood. (2)Outerback shell is ½" 6-ply and is attached to arm using a structural steel angle 1-1/8" x 1-1/4" x 1/8" on open arm and structural grade 2 hardware c.Seat Frame (1)Fully welded structural steel angle frame (1" x 1" x 3/16"). (2)Frame is bolted to wood arms using structural grade fasteners. d.Glides must be nylon e.Foam Specifications (1)Seat must be contour-cut, Ultra cell (High Resilience) polyurethane foam. 3" in thickness with specifications of 42 lbs. compression and 2.5 density. (Front of seat edge is composed of 55 lbs. compression). (2)Back must be Ultra cell (High Resilience) polyurethane foam. 2" in thickness with 32 lbs. compression and 2.5 density, molded wood veneer arm inserts are cut to size. Attachment to arm is made using dowels that insert into arm. f.BIFMA Testing (1)Must meet all applicable requirements of the ANSI/BIFMA X5.4-2012 Lounge Seating test standard. g.Weight rating must be 300 lbs. h.Armrest Durability (1)Must pass Horizontal Cyclic 100 lb. horizontal force applied to the armrest 50,000 times. (2)Must pass Vertical Cyclic 150 lb. vertical force applied to the armrest 10,000 times. i.Armrest Strength (1)Must pass Horizontal Functional Load: 133 lb. horizontal force applied to the armrest one time. (2)Must pass Proof Load: 200 lbs. horizontal force applied to the armrest one time. (3)Must pass Vertical Functional Load: 200 lbs. vertical force applied to the armrest one time. (4)Must pass Proof Load: 300 lbs. vertical force applied to the armrest one time. Test Description Loading BIFMA X5.4-2012-5 Back Strength Horizontal 150 Pound Functional Load 250 Pound Proof Load BIFMA X5.4-2012-6 Back Strength Vertical 200 Pound Functional Load 300 Pound Proof Load BIFMA X5.4-2012-7 Back Durability Horizontal 75 Pound Load 120,000 cycles BIFMA X5.4-2012-8 Back Durability Vertical 200 Pound Load 10,000 cycles BIFMA X5.4-2012-14 Seat Durability 125 Pounds Dropped 2" 100,000 cycles BIFMA X5.4-2012-15 Drop Test 225 Pound Functional Load Dropped 6" 300 Pound Proof Load Dropped 6" BIFMA X5.4-2012-21 Front Stability 34.5 Pounds (Minimum of 11 Pounds required) BIFMA X5.4-2012-21 Rear Stability 67 Pounds (Minimum of 33 Pounds Required) j.Fabric (1)Content 100% Poly Vinyl Chloride (2)Width 54" (3)Weight 29 oz./linear year (4)Fabric treatment bleach cleanable (10:1) (5)Repeat None (The fabric is a solid and therefore does not have a pattern repeat) (6)Finish/Backing Resilience ® (7)Abrasion Resistance 500,000* Double Rubs (Wyzenbeek) (8)Flammability NFPA 260, TB 117-2013 (9)Color Fastness passes AATCC 8 Dry Crocking, Class 4 minimum, Wet Crocking, Class 3 minimum (10)Tensile passes Brush Pill ASTM D3511, 3 minimum (11)Light Fastness passes AATCC 16A or AATCC 16E, Class 4 minimum at 40 hours (12)Cleaning Code WS - Water or solvent-based cleaner only k.General Dimensions: (1)Seat width must be 20-1/2" (2)Seat depth must be 19-1/2" (3)Seat Height must be 19-1/2" (4)Arm height must be 26" (from top of arm to floor) l.Overall Dimensions: (1)Width must be 23-1/2" (2)Depth must be 27-1/4" (3)Height must be 42-1/2" NOTE: The overall width must be within 90% of the arm height. Example overall width ÷ arm height = 90% There can be no substitutions to the above specifications. New Equipment ONLY; NO grey market or refurbished products. Items must be in original packaging, never used, and not altered in any way. All items must be covered by manufacturer's warranty and procured through a manufacturer approved distribution channel. Sellers must be able to document their ability to provide items through manufacturer approved distribution channels upon request. The Seller confirms to have sourced all products submitted in this Bid from manufacturer-approved channels for Federal sales, in accordance with all applicable laws and manufacturers current applicable policies at the time of purchase. Seller must be able to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with applicable manufacturer certification/specialization requirements. If software is provided or included, Seller shall, upon request, provide Buyer with a copy of the End User License Agreement. Seller certifies that all software is licensed originally to Buyer as the original licensee authorized to use the software. 5.Delivery Charges: All delivery charges must be included in the price of the items. 6.Technical Support: None required SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (SAVAHCS): VAMC: 3601 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723 The applicable NAICS code is 337127 Institutional Furniture Manufacturing. Small Business manufacturers for this NAICS code have a size standard of 1,000 employees. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed price order. The term of the contract is intended to be 60 calendar days ARO, with no options included. It is anticipated that a Request for Quotes will be issued in September 2016. Award of a firm fixed price contract is contemplated by September, 2016. This notice is published to conduct market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Small Businesses (SB), or Large Business capable of performing the requirements to warrant a socio-economic set-aside or full & open competition. It is strongly recommended that interested parties register in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Biz database and the Small Business Administration (SBA) database. Registration may be accomplished at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ and www.sba.gov/, respectively. Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information at a minimum: (1) company name and address, point of contact with phone number, and DUNS number; (2) documentation relating to capability of performance of residential renovation projects (including references); (3) intentions of subcontracting program to include set-asides; (4) proof of registration in the VA Vet Biz or SBA websites or intention of registration prior to submission of offers to a solicitation; (5) documentation on company's bonding capacity and limitations; and (6) any other pertinent company documentation. The response date to this Sources Sought notice is September 17. 2016 at 1200pm EST. This market research is for informational and planning purposes only to determine if a socio-economic set-aside, or full & open competition, or sole-source procurement is appropriate. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. Electronic submissions are acceptable via William Corson at William.Corson@va.gov. Hard copy submissions are acceptable to VISN 18 Network Contracting Office; 777 E Missouri Ave, Suite #300, Phoenix AZ 85014. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN WHAT IS NOTED HEREIN. ALL FIRMS ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO CALL THE INDIVIDUAL VA MEDICAL CENTERS REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/PhVAMC/HMC/VA25816Q0988/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA258-16-Q-0988 VA258-16-Q-0988.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3005953&FileName=VA258-16-Q-0988-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3005953&FileName=VA258-16-Q-0988-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;500 Highway 89 North;Prescott, AZ

Zip Code: 86313
 

Record

SN04274145-W 20160917/160916000346-c30a81ececb7cfe8663f2527c20ceace (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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