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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 20,1999 PSA#2435

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

66 -- INTENT TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT SOL 69D-397-99 DUE 092799 POC Diane Brazale, Contracting Officer (414) 902-5403 The Great Lakes Acquisition Center intends to negotiate a Sole Source Contract with Mallincrodt Inc. of Minnesota for purchase of one (1) NPB SANDMAN NT Bed Data Collection and Analysis System for the VA Hospital, Fifth & Roosevelt Rd. Hines, IL 60141. 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. Solicitation number RFQ 69D-397-99 has been assigned to this procurement. Solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-13. SIC (3845). Cost shall include all labor, material, tools and equipment necessary to furnish and install (1) One NPB SANDMAN NT Bed Data Collection and Analysis System and required accessories as defined herein. Equipment shall be shipped FOB Destination to the attention of the Chief, Medical Service, VA Hospital Fifth & Roosevelt, Hines IL 60141 and shall be delivered within 30 days from receipt of Purchase Order or at a date mutually agreed upon with the vendor. It is understood that upon receipt of purchase order, a customer information summary (CIS) will be sent to the COTR for completion. The CIS Package will assist the VA and vendor on the installation of the equipment. Upon return of the CIS Package, a final installation date will be determined and mutually agreed upon with the vendor Cost must include all shipping, handling, on-site training and all costs necessary or incidental for a complete delivery and installation. Vendor shall ensure that the equipment functions in conformance with the latest published edition of NFPA-99, UL, OSHA, JCAHO, VA and applicable standards. The equipment MUST be compatible and be fully integrated with the existing Sandman NT, software and archiving systems at the VA Hospital. Procurement shall include but not be limited to the following: One (1) Item No. D.0148 NPB Sandman NT, Bed Data Collection and Analysis System; One (1) D.0135 Sandman NT, Bed Collection and Analysis; Two (2) D.0141 Sandman NT Bed Collection Add-On; One (1) Viewer Software Only (MD Review); Four (4) D.0132 MMC-16 Channel Amplifier Kit Series III Including amplifier 25, 40, 60, 80 or 100' cable, 1 bed; Five (5) D.3208 21" Hi-Resolution Monitors; Five (5) D.3109 Desktop Computers; One (1) D.0055 Color Printer Kit; One (1) D.0121 Data Archive Combo Jaz and CD Recorder; One (1) D.0124 Five Computer Network (NT) Systems; Four (4) D.0066 Adult Electrode Starter Kits; Four (4)D.5018 NPB N-295 Pulse Oximeter; Four (4) D.5109 ProTech Body Position Sensor; Four (4) D.4043 APC BK-UPS 650V; Four (4) D.4005 Anthrocart including three shelves. Software shall include all NT Sandman Software, Data Acquisition Board, Remote Support Package (PC Anywhere, Zip Drive and External Modem) and Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition to allow for report editing. Vendor shall provide on-site training for three (3) days minimum forthree (3) people on the Sandman only; Sandman Standard Reports including up to two (2) days customization and two (2) copies of operation/user's manuals furnished to the Hospital upon completion of installation; Cost shall include all required computers, software and/or hardware licenses and peripheral devices necessary to operate the equipment. It is the VA's intention to purchase the equipment as a turnkey project. Each of the five (5) computers will be required to operate the system and shall have the following minimum characteristics: Premium Desktop Dell Optiplex GX1/MT+ Computer, with P450MHz side Bus 100MHz, Pentium II Processor, 512KB Cache, 6.4GB Hard Drive, 64MB RAM, 1.44 Mb Floppy, CD ROM, keyboards, Intellimouse, Internal 10/100MB 3COM Network Cards, ATI Rage Pro Turbo (8MB) Video Card, Windows 95; Windows NT v4.0, and Workstation. All computers shall come complete with a three (3) year, next business day on-site service guarantees. This will be a firm fixed price contract AND must include all costs associated with the delivery, hardware/software, training and installation of the equipment. The Sandman NT requires the use of proprietary software and to the best of the government's knowledge, Mallinckrodt, Inc. is the only available source, which can provide this product as defined herein. License agreement and unlimited use of the software is included. Vendor shall provide a copy of the written warranty with quote and all warranties/guarantees shall be in effect for the specified time period from the date of final acceptance by the Government or equivalent to what is provided in the commercial market. Unless otherwise specified the Sandman NT and associated products will conform to NPB's performance specifications and will be free from defects in material or workmanship for 12 months following acceptance. If, during the warranty period, the product does not perform as warranted, or if it is not free from defects and materials or workmanship and has not been misused (i.e. dropped) or subjected to abnormal conditions, the vendor at its own expense, will repair or replace such non-conforming or defective equipment. Parts considered expendable or disposable are not covered by the warranty. (I.e. diskettes, electrodes, printer ribbons, etc.). COTR for the project shall be Mr. James Fink. 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 Vendor is required, as part of the offer, to provide documentary evidence that equipment, replacement parts, components, hardware, software and firmware offered is Year 2000 Compliant. The following incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-13 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, OfferorRepresentations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. Invoices shall be submitted to the address provided at contract award and shall be paid within 30 days following final acceptance by the Government. The proposed contract action is for the purchase and installation of this equipment, which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. All FAR provisions and clauses may be reviewed and/or obtained from the General Service Administration's Federal Acquisition Regulation website at Internet address http://www.arnet.gov/far. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notice, is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be submitted no later than 2:00 PM on 09/24/99 to the Contracting Officer indicated above. Posted 09/16/99 (W-SN381057). (0259)

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