SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Robotic Prescription Dispensing System with Maintenance and Technical Support
- Notice Date
- 7/10/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Central Alabama Veterans Health Care;215 Perry Hill Road;Montgomery AL 36109-3798
- ZIP Code
- 36109-3798
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24719Q0739
- Response Due
- 7/16/2019
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2019
- Point of Contact
- 334-725-3944 x5405
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Page 3 of 3 Sources Sought Synopsis Only This is not a solicitation announcement. This is as sources sought synopsis only for a Robotic Prescription Dispensing System with maintenance and technical support. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification (hubzone, 8(a), small business, small disadvantage business, Veteran owned small business (VOSB), Service disabled Veteran owned small business (SDVOSB), or large business) relative to NAICS 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Note that if VA s pending market research establishes that two or more VOSB or SDVOSB, who are certified and verified in VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) site https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ can perform the service, VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. §8127. Responses to this synopsis shall be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this source sought synopsis, a solicitation announcement may be published on FBO and/or GSA eBuy. Responses to this source sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested offerors must respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this source sought announcement. General Requirements: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network 7 Contracting Office. Product Information: Script Pro SP 200 or equal (Windows 10 ) with 3 data terminals and 4 printers. For a complete list of the salient characteristics refer to the attached proposed Statement of work. System needs to: Fills, labels, and collates up to 150 prescriptions per hour Holds up to 200 dispensing cells that are easily calibrated on-site Supports tablets & capsules of all shapes and sizes Gravity based dispensing with no pill dust and no cross-contamination Scalable control center with 6-slot collating control center that automatically collates filled and labeled vials into six slots Easy to read LED identifiers that displays the patient s identifier such as last name on the collating control center slots of the robotic dispensing machine The system can be configured to collate the prescriptions in various ways, such as for a given patient or dispensing priority The system prints and applies the prescription and auxiliary labels and collates the uncapped vials into slots for final inspection using onscreen drug image verification The system must interface with existing ScriptPro (SP 100) equipment for a two pod filling and verifying setup Communicate with VistA system currently in use via HL7 logical link to FQDN and HSEP port The system must interface with UPS VistA for mail tracking The system must include an inventory management module The prescription filling/dispensing machines must be lockable so that the person accessing the mediation cells is trackable Installation for Tuskegee and Montgomery Locations Technical support and maintenance, 24x7 hour telephone support and on-site repair if unable to resolve the issue. Windows 10 Operating System The information identified above is intended to be descriptive, not restrictive and to indicate the quality of the supplies/services that will be satisfactory. It is the responsibility of the interested source to demonstrate to the government that the interested parties can provide the supplies/services that fulfill the required specifications Notice: No remanufactures or gray market items/ supplies will not be acceptable. Interested parties of RFI 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. FOR Participating Healthcare Facilities: Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, East and West Campus Montgomery Campus 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery AL 36109 Tuskegee Campus -2400 Hospital Road, Tuskegee, AL 36083 In response to this announcement. If you are interested and capable of providing the required services, please complete the information below: Company Name: Address: Contact Name: Phone No: Email: DUNS: Business size information Select all that applies: Small Business Emerging Small Business Small Disadvantaged Business Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act HubZone Woman Owned Certified and Verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Certified and Verified Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) Large Business Other: ____________ SDVOSB/VOSB must be registered in VIP (https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/) Contractor must be registered with www.sam.gov GSA Information: FSS/ GSA Contract Holder Yes No FSS/ GSA Contract Number Effective Date / Expiration Date Capability/ Product Information: Please submit your capabilities in regard to the salient characteristics being provided and any information pertaining to equal to items to establish capabilities for planning purposes. Are you the manufacturer or a distributor of the items being researched above? If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? Can you provide all items listed to include installation and technical support. If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? d. If a distributor, is the product manufactured by a small business? (FAR 52.219-6, paragraph (d) ) 5. Do you intend to submit an offer if a solicitation is issued? 6. Any other applicable information ? *** Submissions addressing Section (4) should show clear, compelling and convincing*** evidence that all equal to items" meet all the salient characteristics. This notice is neither a request for competitive proposal or solicitation of offerors. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only and a solicitation is currently not available. Information received because of this notice shall only be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement and the type of set-aside if appropriate. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of information or any other costs incurred as a response to this announcement. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to: Margaret.yeaton@va.gov Telephone responses shall not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than Jul 16, 2019 by10:00 a.m. EST. This form may be used to make it easier for the contractor to respond to this source sought request. However, any format may be used if the required information is provided. If a solicitation is issued it shall be announced later and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from this response. Responses to this source sought notice is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (10-JUL-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.
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