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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 11, 2021 SAM #7132
SOLICITATION NOTICE

65 -- (C2) - 623 (ACT-THCC) OPTOMETRY BINOCULAR INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPE (VA-21-00031731) (VA-21-00070242)

Notice Date

6/9/2021 2:59:30 PM
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

339112 — Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 19 (36C259) Greenwood Village CO 80111 USA
 

ZIP Code

80111
 

Solicitation Number

36C25921Q0507
 

Response Due

6/16/2021 11:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

08/15/2021
 

Point of Contact

Jonathan Saiz, Contract Specialist, Phone: 303-712-5781
 

E-Mail Address

Jonathan.Saiz@va.gov
(Jonathan.Saiz@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Awardee

null
 

Description

Page 10 of 10 Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25921Q0507 Tulsa Healthcare Center Optometry Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopes 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. * The deadline for all questions is 2:00pm EST, 06/14/2021 All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation. *Quotes are to be provided to Jonathan.Saiz@va.gov no later than 2:00pm EST, 06/16/2021. Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25921Q0507. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-05 effective March 10, 2021. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339112 with a small business size standard of 1000 Employees. This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for Small Business. List of Line Items; ITEM # DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 Description; Optometry LED Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope Make/Model Equivalent; Heine Omega 500 LEDHQ - Unplugged with HC50L Rheostat,/IO0HEOMEGA500LU 13 EA ____________ ___________ 0002 Description; Battery and Wall Charger for LED Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope Make/Model Equivalent; Battery & EN50U Wall Charger/7FG 13 EA ____________ ___________ GRAND TOTAL ___________ Description of Requirements for the items to be acquired (salient characteristics); Only quotes accompanied by literature showing that the offered items meet the salient characteristics below will be accepted. Freight Shall be added to the cost of quoted items. Salient Characteristics This instrument will be used to look at the health of the back of the eye (retina) for changes from diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and more. Adjustable head worn Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope More than 8 hours ON time with the battery pack UNPLUGGED and a fast recharge in 2 hours or less. Belt worn rechargeable battery pack operation Wall mountable charging transformer Uses only optical grade glass 100% dustproof optics Provide at least 20k hours of LED Illumination (lifetime of unit) Synchronized adjustment of convergence and parallax for high quality, stereoscopic fundus images through any pupil size, complete range from 1mm to 10mm Color temperature: 4000 K, Color Rendering Index > 90, special index for red colors (R9) > 75 on a maximum scale of 100 Achieve Color Rendering Index > 90 to ensure that the doctor sees the colors as they are during each examination STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) Background: The Eastern Oklahoma Veterans Health Care System needs 13 Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope for the Optometry Clinic at new Tulsa Health Care Center (THCC) in Tulsa, OK. Description: This instrument is used to look at the health of the back of the eye (retina) for changes from diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and more. Adjustable head worn Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope More than 8 hours ON time with the battery pack UNPLUGGED and a fast recharge in 2 hours or less. Belt worn rechargeable battery pack operation Wall mountable charging transformer Uses only optical grade glass 100% dustproof optics Provide at least 20k hours of LED Illumination (lifetime of unit) Synchronized adjustment of convergence and parallax for high quality, stereoscopic fundus images through any pupil size, complete range from 1mm to 10mm Color temperature: 4000 K, Color Rendering Index > 90, special index for red colors (R9) > 75 on a maximum scale of 100 Achieve Color Rendering Index > 90 to ensure that the doctor sees the colors as they are during each examination Delivery: No later than 7/16/2021 Warehouse: Tulsa Health Care Center 8921 S. Mingo Tulsa, OK 74133 Scope: The contractor will have all the products delivered to the Tulsa Health Care Center. Contractor delivery of equipment shall take place no earlier than 6/1/2021 between the hours of 0800 -1500, Monday through Friday. Contractor shall not be required, nor is authorized to perform any work on the following US Government holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day END OF STATEMENT OF WORK Delivery and acceptance shall be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at Tulsa Health Care Center 8921 S. Mingo Tulsa, OK 74133 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers.  No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. Offeror shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM.  All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract.  Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. Offerors providing an or equal product(s) must adhere to the terms in FAR 52.211-6. If an item in this solicitation is identified as brand name or equal, the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that equal products must meet are specified in the solicitation. To be considered for award, offers of equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer, must Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; Clearly identify the item by- Brand name, if any and Make or model number, Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification. The contracting officer will evaluate equal products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the contracting officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an equal product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis. State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract. If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be VIP verified and visible in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award. Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical Capability and (II) Price Volume I - Technical Capability The offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number. Volume II Price The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. Delivery Schedule The offeror shall provide the quoted delivery lead time to the Tulsa Healthcare Center in their quote. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS: This is FAR Part 13 acquisition utilizing Price and Other Factors procedures. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Capability The Government will evaluate equal products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer. The Government is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. The product(s) quoted is determined technically acceptable provided it meets the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic of the product(s) specified in this solicitation. Price The Government will evaluate offers by adding all line item prices - the Total of All CLINS will be that sum. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet the technical capability requirements of the Statement of Work shall not be selected regardless of price. Delivery Schedule The government will evaluate offers with the consideration that the delivery lead time may out weight the price of the items. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with the offer. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference; FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEPT 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402) FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (OCT 2020) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 644) FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (NOV 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)); FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C 632(a)(2)) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (OCT 2016) (E.O. 13126) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246) FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496) FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627) FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) FAR 52.225 5 Trade Agreements (OCT 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury) FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference: 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR) The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Date and Time offers are due to Jonathan.Saiz@va.gov by 2:00pm EST, 06/16/2021. Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Jonathan Saiz Jonathan.Saiz@va.gov
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
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Place of Performance

Address: Tulsa Healthcare Center 8921 S. Mingo, Tulsa, OK 74133, USA

Zip Code: 74133

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06026944-F 20210611/210609230121 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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