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Z -- REPLACE NURSE CALL SYSTE, BUILDING 10, NATIONAL NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, BETHESDA, MARYLAND SOL N68925-95-R-A642 DUE 080896 POC Linda Ford, Contract Specialist, FAX (202)685-8223. The subject solicitation is corrected as follows: The work includes: Installation of a replacement Nurse Call System for building 10 floors 3 through 7, areas G,H, and J and other areas as indicated in this specification and on drawings; Installation of a replacement Nurse Call System with a minimum one-for-one functional unit replacement of the existing Nurse Call System; provision of new corridor zone lights; and replacement of and provision of additonal code blue signal lights; Furnishing and Installation of a replacement Nurse Call System using all new components and wiring, but using existing raceway and conduit system; Furnish and Install a new Nurse Call System for wing 7 West. (The previous system was removed during renovations, but the conduits and back boxes remain.) This system to include tamperproof equipment and fasteners for psychiatric area; Furnish and install replacement, wall mounted, up/down headwall lighting fixtures with 4-way pull-switches, at the head of each patient bed location; Furnish and install 11 new broad-band antenna signal distribution amplifiers and dispose of the existing antenna signal amplifiers. Replace all antenna system distribution wiring from the new distribution amplifiers to the patient room power supplies and from room TV power supplies to room TV outlets. Furnish 200 New color television sets with adjustable arms to fit the existing Bunting TV mounts which are to remain. Dispose of the removed nurse call equipment, wiring, antenna signal distribution wiring, light fixtures, and up to 175 older TV sets, as directed by the contracting officer and provide all required interface equipment and related work. This will be a negotiated source selection procurement, requiring offerors to submit price and technical proposals. Evaluation factors to be addressed in technical proposals are: Technical Approach; Experience/Past Performance; and Staffing. Technical Approach will be considered more important than Experience/Past Performance, which will be considered more important than Staffing. Within Technical Approach, the quality of the proposed sytem, within which User Friendliness is considered more important than Maintainability, will be considered more important than the Installation Scheduling. And, within Staffing, Key personnel is considered more important than Subcontractors. The Bid Opening Date is 8 AUG 96. The availability date for requesting plans and specs is 8 JUL 96. All other information is correct as previously synopsized. (0187)

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