SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- ESR Analyzer for VAABQHS
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2019
- Notice Type
- Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 22;4811 Airport Plaza Drive;Suite 600;Long Beach CA 90815
- ZIP Code
- 90815
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26219Q0402
- Response Due
- 3/1/2019
- Archive Date
- 5/30/2019
- Point of Contact
- 562-766-2236
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS General Information Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: 36C26219Q0402 Posted Date: 02/22/2019 Original Response Date: 02/26/2019 Current Response Date: 02/26/2019 Product or Service Code: 6640 Set Aside (SDVOSB/VOSB): SDVOSB NAICS Code: 534516 Contracting Office Address Dept. of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22 4811 Airport Plaza Drive Long Beach, CA 90822 Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is a request for quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 534516 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. The NCO 22, 4811 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach, CA 90822 is seeking ESR Analyzer for Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System Notice: No remanufactures or gray market items/ supplies will not be acceptable. Interested parties of RFI/RFQ must be an authorized reseller, distributor, or dealer of the O.E.M. (Original Equipment Manufacturer). Verification can be provided by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM. Equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. No exceptions, must be a manufacturer authorized distributor. All interested companies shall provide quotations for the following: Supplies Qty. Description 1 ea. iSED, ESR Analyzer 1 ea. iWASH (4 pack) 1 ea Seditrol, 6x4.5 ml 1 ea. Test Card, 1000 Test ESR Analyzer 1. BACKGROUND: The New Mexico VA Healthcare System (NMVAHCS), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS), requires a capital purchase of an instrument to provide Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) testing for its patients. Current instrumentation is old and malfunctioning and is outside of its warranty period. P&LMS was notified by Streck that all ESR-Auto Plus instrumentation and accessories for the instrument currently used, Model 505 are discontinued. 2. OBJECTIVE: Red cell sedimentation is accelerated by an increase in the plasma concentration of acute phase proteins, which are increased in acute tissue damage, chronic inflammation, chronic infection, and pregnancy. The ESR reflects both the increase in certain accelerating proteins, such as fibrinogen and gamma globulins, and the decrease in retarding proteins, such as albumin. The ESR is a frequently requested screening test. NMVAHCS requires an automated analyzer to perform the ESR test. 3. GENERAL REQUIRMENTS: The vendor shall supply an automated instrument to perform ESR testing. Instrumentation, controls, reagents, and consumables must be FDA approved. Instrumentation shall minimize interference via temperature control and by addressing hematocrit values, dilution, vibration, and verticality effects. Vendor shall supply recommended backup method for instrument down time. 4. EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONALITY: The instrument shall be capable of testing from the primary EDTA tube. The instrument shall allow positive specimen identification by means of barcode scanning. The instrument shall allow for automated sample mixing. A printer for results shall be provided. Currently performing this testing manually, but the instrument should have option for interface capabilities of results with our current LIS for possible future interfacing. 4. INSTALLATION AND VALIDATION The vendor shall supply all validation and correlation materials and instructions. 5. TRAINING Vendor shall provide all necessary procedure manuals, troubleshooting manuals and operator manuals (also available in electronic format). Procedures shall be in the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) format. 6. SECURITY The C&A requirements do not apply. A Security Accreditation Package is not required. SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE 1) Instrument support service shall provide assistance with troubleshooting and repair of the Analyzers. 2) The vendor shall provide a service hotline with technical support. 3) The vendor shall provide a preventative maintenance schedule to include timely scheduled vendor preventative maintenance visits as required. 4) Vendor shall provide standard and routine software and hardware upgrades to the equipment hardware and operating systems, without additional charge to the Government (e.g. upgrades that correct or improve either the mechanical operations or software of the system and would keep the instrument performing optimally). 5) Vendor shall define daily, weekly, monthly, and as needed maintenance and the time required to perform each maintenance task. Vendor shall indicate which tasks are user level and which are service level. 6) For reagents with hazardous constituents, vendor shall provide a mechanism for the Laboratory to meet local discharge requirements. The vendor shall supply information regarding any hazardous chemicals. OTHER 1) Request for instrumentation upgrades or replacement due to workload increase, excessive instrumentation failures/malfunctions, breakdowns, or service calls shall be evaluated as needed/annually by the laboratory with communication to the vendor for modification of the contract. A high incidence of such problems with any equipment/analyzer supplied may indicate probable non-compliance with the terms of this contract and will entitle the facility/clinic to its replacement with another analyzer(s) that can produce the required criteria satisfactorily to the user. 2) The vendor shall remove all equipment within 90 days after notification of the expiration of the terms of this agreement but not until the completion of new vendor's equipment installation inclusive of completed cross over studies and onsite user training. Vendor shall be responsible for removing the hard drive and turning it over to the VA for destruction prior to removal of any analyzer. 3) The vendor shall reimburse the facility for any costs/supplies related to tests sent to a referral laboratory when testing is not available through no fault of the facility due to reagent problems, other product issues, instrumentation failure, or other factors. The assessed damages shall be applied to the invoice in the form of a credit or deduction. 4) In the event any consumable, reagent, or other necessary item are found to be defective and unsuitable for use with the vendor's equipment, or the contractor has failed to comply with the requirements for routine supply delivery, the contractor shall deliver the consumable supplies within a period of 24 hours after receipt of the verbal order for priority delivery from the facility. If either circumstance has occurred, the vendor shall deliver to the facility, in the most expeditious manner possible, without additional cost to the facility, the necessary consumables in sufficient quantity so testing is not delayed. 5) This contract should assist the NMVAHCS to pursue the goal of being a good steward in the community by eliminating, minimizing or mitigating adverse environmental impacts. The following chemicals have been targeted by the EPA specifically for reductions and feasible elimination. Please list any reagents (and in what concentration) that contain the following chemicals: Benzene Carbon tetrachloride Chloroform Dischloromethane Methyl ethyl ketone Toluene Methyl isobutyl ketone Xylenes Tetrachloro-ethylene Cadmium 1,1,1-Trichloro-ethane Chromium Trichloro-ethylene Cyanide Lead Mercury Nickel BRAND NAME OR EQUAL QUOTATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED Place of Performance Address: 3601 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ Postal Code: 85723-00001 Country: UNITED STATES Award shall be made to the quoter whose quotation offers the best value to the government, considering price and technical acceptability (LPTA). The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders VAAR 852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Nov 2012) The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable: b(4) 52.201-10 Reporting Executive Compentation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct. 2018) b(8) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) b(22) 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) b(25) 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) b(26) 52.222-19 Child Labor- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) b(27) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities b(28)(i) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) b(30)(i) 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) b(33)(i) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) b(42) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) b(47)(iii), 52.225-3 Buy American-Free Trade Agreements0Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) b(49) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) b(55) 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than System for Award Management (Jun 2013) All quoters shall submit the following: 1 copy of the quote. All quotations shall be sent to the contract specialist electronically. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for products as defined herein. The government intends to award a purchase order or delivery order/task order as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quoters must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" Quoter shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s). Submission shall be received not later than Wednesday February 26, 2019 by 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time at electronically. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Emailed offers will be accepted. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist: Jason White, JD, Jason.white2@va.gov. Point of Contact Jason White, JD, Contract Specialist, Jason.white2@va.gov. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (27-FEB-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
-
Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/LBVANBC/VAMD/36C26219Q0402/listing.html)
- Record
- SN05234893-F 20190301/190227230038 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |