SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- GULDMAN CEILING LIFT/NURSING SVC
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2022 10:58:41 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262) Gilbert AZ 85297 USA
- ZIP Code
- 85297
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26222Q1399
- Response Due
- 8/5/2022 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 11/03/2022
- Point of Contact
- April Graves, April Graves, Phone: 602-795-4475
- E-Mail Address
-
April.Graves@va.gov
(April.Graves@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- THE SUBMISSION OF PRICING, CAPABILITIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND OTHER MARKET INFORMATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED UNDER THIS RFI IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) FAR 15.201(e). This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this sources sought must be in writing. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service- Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Veteran Owned Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the 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. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is NAICS Code 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (1,000 Employees). **Responses to this notice shall include Sources Sought number 36C6222Q1399 in the subject line of the email no later than 8/5/2022 @ 9:00am PST. **The following shall be provided in the capabilities statement or in body of email: Company name Address Point of contact Phone, fax, and email DUNS number Type of Large or small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran-owned small business If you are the manufacturer, please list any authorized distributors to include contact information. If you are a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above or an equivalent solution, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? Must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. Are you the manufacturer, distributor, or an equivalent solution to the items being referenced below? Provide any relevant FSS, NAC, GSA Contract vehicles company holds if applicable. If you are an FSS GSA/NAC or NASA SEWP contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the items/solution you are providing information for available on your schedule/contract? Please review salient characteristics/statement of work (if applicable) and provide feedback or suggestions. If none, please reply as N/A. List any available product options to meet needs. Please provide sample pricing. ************************************************************************************* The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VISN 22 Network Contracting Office, is seeking a Brand Name or Equal and Compatible Guldmann Ceiling Lift that meets the following salient characteristics for the San Diego VA Healthcare System: The San Diego VA Medical Center hemodialysis clinic is requesting installation of a new patient lift system. The hemodialysis clinic has a newly installed lift system that needs to be removed and replaced with a new system that meets the needs of the patients and caregivers. Brand name or equal. The system should be a ceiling lift system manufactured by Guldmann Inc. utilizing GH3+ ceiling lift motors with class III digital medical scales built into each motor assembly. The vendor must be capable of disconnecting and removing the existing lift system, without requiring any new construction, or interfering with normal day-to-day operations. The new system must be capable of being installed on existing mounting points, without requiring any new construction, or interfering with normal day-to-day operations. The new lift system, including all rails, lifts and mounting hardware shall be designed and manufactured by a single entity, as a unified system, to ensure all components work together. Specifications of new system: The system must be a medical lift system, with 7 independent motor/hoist assemblies, each certified to lift at least 550Lb at each location. The system shall serve the entire 20-bed dialysis clinic located on the third floor west of the VA San Diego Medical Center located at 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, Ca 92161. The power input requirement of the system shall be single phase, 115-120 volts. The system design must be an XY gantry ceiling lift, so that the motor/hoist assembly can be moved forward, back, and side to side. The system must offer in-rail charging, so that the motor/hoist assembly is continually charged, no matter where it is positioned on the rail. No charging docks shall be used. Each motor/hoist assembly will offer and emergency stop, and emergency lowering function. These functions must be easily accessible by means of a hanging strap or lanyard. Due to height constraints of the existing location, each lift unit must have a calibrated, high precision Class III scale built into the motor/hoist assembly, and not have a separate scale which hangs down separately from the motor motor/hoist assembly. When raised to the maximum height, the bottom of the lift hanger should not be below 80 inches from the finished floor. Integrated Class III scale must be designed to accurately monitor patient weight changes in the lift sling, for example in the hemodialysis setting, where the patient is weighed both before and after treatment. The Integrated Class III scale must display weight in kilograms. The Integrated Class III scale must be able to be calibrated on-site. The scale must have a pendant, or remote control which hangs down from the motor/hoist assembly and allows caregivers to easily control the lift position, and activate the Class III scale. The patient weight must be displayed on the pendant, so that caregivers can easily read the values displayed. ************************************************************************************* 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. If you are interested and capable of providing the sought-out supplies, please provide the requested information as well as the information indicated below. Response to this notice should include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to the following questions: *** Submissions addressing Salient Characteristics should show clear, compelling, and convincing*** evidence that all equal to items"" meet all required salient characteristics. 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 a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). Additionally, all Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Small Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. After review of the responses to this announcement, the Government intends to proceed with the acquisition and a subsequent solicitation may be published. 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 request for information. Responses to this notice shall not be considered as requests to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: San Diego VAHCS 3350 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego 92161
- Zip Code: 92161
- Zip Code: 92161
- Record
- SN06406808-F 20220730/220728230121 (samdaily.us)
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