Department of Veterans Affairs, Great Lakes Healthcare Systems, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, Bldg. 5, 5000 West National Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295

65 -- DIALYZER REPROCESSOR SOL 69d-423-98 DUE 092298 POC Michael Cunningham, Contracting Officer, 414-902-5407 The Great Lakes Acquisition Center intends to award a contract for purchase of a Dialyzer Reprocessor, for the VA Hospital, Fifth and Roosevelt Road, Hines IL. 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 under RFQ 69D-423-98 and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. SIC (3841). Contractor shall provide: ITEM #1 -- One (1) each, Dialyzer Reprocessor, that meets the AAMI Standards for Reprocessing Dialyzer and that is able to reuse at least 10 -- 15 times for each patient. Equipment shall be Year 2000 Compliant as follows: all equipment, replacement parts, components, hardware, software and firmware containing information technology delivered under this contract shall be Year 2000 Compliant. Year 2000 Compliance means that information technology accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations. The purchase order will be issued to the vendor whose quote is most advantageous to the VA considering price and other factors. These other factors shall be: (1) method of sterilizing the dialyzer with respect to patient safety, with heat only as the first preference, heat with low concentration citric acid as second, other chemical sterilants as third; (2) space requirements; (3) costs of reagents and supplies per patient; (4) time required to process between uses; (5) capacity of the system in terms of number of patients that can be handled by the system; (6) and maintenance costs per year. So that the VA can evaluate these other factors, vendors must provide, with their quotes, information concerning these things. Vendors must also provide, with their quotes, information (e.g., commercial literature) demonstrating that their equipment meets the AAMI Standards and reuse requirements specified above. The offeror is also required, as part of the offer, to provide documentary evidence that equipment, replacement parts, components, hardware, software and firmware offered is Year 2000 Compliant. Delivery is required within 30 calendar days after the date of receipt of the order by the vendor. This will be a firm fixed price contract. FOB is Destination. Payment will be made within 30 days after delivery and acceptance by the VA. The following incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-04 and are applicable to this acquisition. 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Paragraph (b) (5): Offerors shall provide an express warranty which at a minimum shall be the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items: 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3 Buy American Act Supplies; 52.225-18 European Union Sanctions for End Products; Veteran-owned Small Business; 852.270-4, Commercial Advertising; Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. Quotes shall be submitted on company letterhead to: Great Lakes Acquisition Center, Mike Cunningham, Contracting Officer, 5000 West National Ave., Building 5, Milwaukee WI 53295 by (4:30pm) CST on (09/22/98). Faxing of quotes is OK. Fax number: (414) 902-5464. Point of Contact: Mike Cunningham, (414) 902-5407. Posted 09/11/98 (W-SN248496). (0254)

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