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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JULY 27, 2022 SAM #7544
SOURCES SOUGHT

65 -- Energy Platform Electrical Surgical Unit

Notice Date

7/25/2022 11:22:18 AM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

339112 — Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) LEAVENWORTH KS 66048 USA
 

ZIP Code

66048
 

Solicitation Number

36C25522Q0440
 

Response Due

7/29/2022 6:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

08/28/2022
 

Point of Contact

Mickeya Linzie, Contracting Officer, Phone: (913) 946-1967
 

E-Mail Address

mickeya.linzie@va.gov
(mickeya.linzie@va.gov)
 

Awardee

null
 

Description

This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products and/or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise because of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice. The submission of pricing, capabilities for planning purposes, and other market information is highly encouraged and allowed under this Sources Sought Notice in accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 15.201(e). The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the products and/or services described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) Company Name; (b) Address; (c) Point of Contact; (d) Phone, Fax, and Email; (e) UEI Number; (f) Cage Code; (g) Tax ID Number; (h) Type of Small Business, e.g., Services Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone business, etc.; (i) State if your business has an FSS contract with GSA, VA NAC, NASA SEWP, or any other federal contract, that can be utilized to procure the requirement listed below and provide the contract number; and (j) Must provide a capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. Requirement: The VA Heartland Network 15 Contracting Office located at 3450 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS, 66048-5055 is seeking a potential qualified contractor to provide an Energy Platform Electrical Surgical Unit for the Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, located in Columbia, Missouri. Please see Statement of Requirement for more specifics and details. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS Code) is 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), size standard 1,000 Employees. Based on this information, please indicate whether your company would be a Large or Small Business and have a socio-economic designation as a Small Business, VOSB or SDVOSB. Important Information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this source sought synopsis request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to an acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. Currently a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms is anticipated based on the Veterans Administration requirement with Public Law 109-461, Section 8127 Veterans Benefit Act. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open may be used. Responses to this notice shall be submitted via email to Mickeya Linzie at mickeya.linzie@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received no later than Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 8:00AM CST. If a solicitation is issued it shall be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this sources sought. Responses to this sources sought notice are not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HARRY S. TRUMAN VA MEDICAL CENTER COLUMBIA, MO A. GENERAL INFORAMTION TITLE: ENERGY PLATFORM ELECTRICAL SURGICAL UNIT INTRODUCTION: Surgical Services (Operating Room), located at the Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, MO, has a requirement for an Energy Platform Electrical Surgical Unit. The Energy Platform Electrical Surgical Unit is a is a high frequency electrosurgical generator that provides RF energy for monopolar and bipolar surgical applications, and tissue-fusion and vessel-sealing applications. When used with compatible sealing devices, it is indicated for sealing vessels up to and including 7 mm, tissue bundles, and lymphatics. The generator can also be used with compatible resectoscopes for endoscopically controlled removal or coagulation of tissue using 0.9% NaCl solution as the irrigation medium. Liga Sure tissue fusion can be used on arteries, veins, pulmonary vasculature, and lymphatics up to and including 7 mm in diameter and tissue bundles. When used with compatible instruments, the system provides precise energy delivery and electrode pressure to vessels for a controlled time to achieve a complete and permanent fusion of the vessel lumen. The system has been designed to produce minimal sticking, charring, and thermal spread to adjacent tissue. B. EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS The salient characteristics/equipment requirements of the Energy Platform Electrical Surgical Unit shall at minimum be as follows: Minimum Technical Specifications On/Off Button Restore Settings Button Audio Volume Control Button Service/Settings Button REM (Return Electrode Monitoring) Indicator Interface Touchscreen REM Patient Return Electrode Receptacle Liga Sure/Bipolar Receptable Monopolar 2 Instrument Receptacle Monopolar 1 Universal Foot Pedal Port (UFP) Receptacle Bipolar Instrument Receptacle Scanning Monopolar 2 Foot-Pedal Receptable (Requires Included Adapter to Connect Standard four-pin monopolar foot pedal) Monopolar 1 Foot-Pedal Receptable Liga Sure/Bipolar Foot Pedal Receptacle (Requires Included Adapter to Connect Bipolar Resection Foot Pedal) Bipolar Foot Pedal Receptacle Fuse Drawer Power Cord Receptable Equipotential Grounding Lug Wi-Fi Antenna Ethernet Receptacle Interlink Cable Receptacles for EKG Blanking and Smoke-Evacuation Control Monopolar Modes -Cut Pure Blend -Valley Lab -Coag Soft Fulgurate Spray Bipolar Effects -Low -Medium -High Liga Sure (Tissue Fusion) Bipolar Resection Effect -Cut C. DELIVERY Vendor shall deliver within 30 Days ARO from the date of the award. All supplies shall be delivered in one complete order, with no split delivery/shipments to: 1. Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201 2. The Delivery shall be made during normal hours of operation excluding all federal holidays: a. Administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. National Holidays: The 11 holidays observed by the Federal Government are: New Year s Day; Martin Luther King s Birthday; President s Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving; Christmas; and Any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday b. Off-Duty hours: Monday through Sunday 4:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. D. POINT OF CONTACT (POC) The facility POC for this requirement is Kayla Taylor; (573) 814-6000 ext. 53789 (office); kayla.taylor@va.gov (email). The contracting POC is Mickeya Linzie; (913) 946-1967 (office); mickeya.linzie@va.gov (email). E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION All contract administration functions will be retained by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Contracting Officer will be the only person authorized to approve changes or modify any of the requirements under this contract. The Contractor shall communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters pertaining to contract administration. Only the Contracting Officer will be authorized to make commitments or issue changes that affect price, quantity, or quality of performance of this contract. In the event the Contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered unauthorized, and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof. F. ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS CDR: Contract Discrepancy Report. Report issued by the Government to the contractor to document a supply or service found to be unacceptable during contract performance. CLIN: Contract Line Item Number. Unit of work (or service) to be performed (or delivered) by the contractor as a pay item. CO: Contracting Officer. A person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings. POC: An individual, authorized by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions related to the contract. QA: Quality Assurance. Actions taken by the government to assure contracted services meet PWS requirements. QASP: Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. A written document specifying the method used for surveillance of contractor performance. PWS: Performance Work Statement.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/f848018eb65f4186ab7730cdde50648a/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201, USA

Zip Code: 65201

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06401165-F 20220727/220725230112 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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