IHS, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Area Office of Acquisition Management, 4141 Ambassador Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-5928

65 -- MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SUPPLIES SOL 243-RFP-98-2010 DUE 112897 POC Kathy Russell, Contract Specialist, (907) 729-2967 or fax (907) 729-2977 This Commerce Business Daily announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis. The Alaska Area Native Health Service (AANHS), Regional Supply Service Center (RSSC) has a requirement for providing Medical Surgical supplies, on a two(2) to ten(10) day delivery service for the AANHS customers. The scope of the demand for this service is difficult to estimate, however, we anticipate that the potential is extremely high given the volume of items required. Quality customer service is of particular importance. For these reasons, in order to insure sufficient capability to fill the high volume of orders which will occur, and in order to benefit from highly competitive nature of this industry, both in pricing and servicing, AANHS intends to award one(1) contract that includes supplies and delivery service. The Contractor shall be required to: 1) Provide the necessary staff and supplies to manage and deliver a wide range of Medical/Surgical supplies; 2) Accept orders 24 hours a day, seven(7) days a week. Accept orders on-line, via fax, or telephone; 3) Accept payment by the U.S. Government Credit Card, or method(s) specified elsewhere in the agreement; 4) Provide and distribute a catalog to AANHS, RSSC, which includes all products covered by the contract. This catalog will be made available electronically; 5) Provide a return goods policy equal to or better than the program available to commercial customers; 6) Provide on a routine basis (at least monthly) various management reports that reflect performance and customer service indicators, sales by product, and customer. AANHS specific reports shall also be provided on an as required basis; 7) The Contractor is encouraged to monitor the market, be aggressive to improving their pipeline of distribution, and offer price breaks under the Voluntary Discount Increases concept. This acquisition is being considered as a Set-Aside for American Indian/Alaska Native owned firms under the authority of the Buy Indian Act (P.L. 61-316). American Indian/Alaska Native owned firms with an interest in submitting an offer for this project should respond by November 28, 1997, with the following information: A description of your organization's qualifications; a summary of recent projects with dollar value and the name and phone number of the owners representative with whom you worked; brochures, catalogs, descriptive literature. The set-aside decision will be based on responses to this sources sought notive and other information available to the Contracting Officer. (0316)

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