Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

65 -- REPAIR, STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ 541-040-99 DUE 031299 POC Danny O. Freeman, Contracting Officer, (440) 838-6091 This is a Commercial Items Procurement issued in accordance with instructions prescribed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, for which, a solicitation will be issued. The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio has a requirement for a contractor to provide all labor, material, equipment, parts, transportation and supervision necessary to provide for delivery, pick-up, storage, set-up, assembly, installation, inspection, instruction, sanitizing, repair, and maintenance of VA owned durable medical equipment (DME) and services to VA beneficiaries of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, located at: 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141 and 10701 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106, for the period of March 15, 1999 through March 14, 2000, with four one-year options for renewal. This is a total 100 % Set-Aside for Small Business. SIC 5047 and Business Size Standard 100 applies to this acquisition. Contractor must be JCAHO accreditedat the time VA is ready to make award. Contractor must have physical location housing functions related to the performance of services required by the solicitation, within the Cleveland Metropolitan Area of the following counties: Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit, Lake, and Geauga. Request for bid documents must be in writing to the Contracting Officer. Request for bid packages may be faxed to (440) 838-6052. Bid packages will be available o/a February 16, 1999. Posted 02/09/99 (W-SN296612). (0040)

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