65 -- MEDICAL/SURGICAL SUPPLIES

Notice Date

August 29, 2000

Adminstrative Office

National Institutes of Health, CC/Office of Purchasing and Contracts, 10 Center Drive, Room 1N262, MSC 1189, Bethesda, MD 20892-1189

ZIP Code

20892-1189

Solicitation Number

RFP-CC-00-15

Response Due

September 15, 2000

Point of Contact

Clifford Ross 301-402-0608

E-Mail Address

click here to contact Clifford Ross via email (cross@cc.nih.gov)

Description

The Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center is the Clinical research Facility of the National Institute of Health (NIH). The Clinical Center (CC) provider patient care Service, training and the environment in which NIH clinicians Scientists, Creatively translate emerging knowledge into better understanding, detection, treatment and prevention of human disease. The Clinical Center is the Nation's formost federally funded biomedical research institution. It is comprised of twenty-four(24) Institutes and centers. The CC is the onsite hospital for the NIH Campus, providing full support for Clinical research in inpatient and outpatient settings. The Clinical Center facility comprises more than three million square feet of clinical, laboratory, and administrative space with the capacity to serve three hundred and fifty(350) inpatients participating in research studies at the NIH. In three years this inpatient space will be move to a new facility that is currently under construction. As a federally funded facility continuous effort is made to use the financial resource of the Clinical Center to acquire the needed products, equipment and services at the best possible price. The acquisition staff is therefore looking to form partnerships with a limited number of companies capable of providing timely deliveries of products and services at the best possible advantage, cost/price considered to the hospital. It is expected that for this request for quote, a limited number of blanket purchase agreements will be issued for certain Medical/Surgical Supplies. Performance measure will be a key factor in the issuance and continuation of all agreements. Firms responding should indicate their business/economic Classification. The standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this project is 5047. The following description of the item(s) needed and annual Estimated usage: Prod. Number: DIN1518X. Jamshidi needle, Illinois sternal Illiac Aspiration, 18ga Usage: Unknown Monthly Request: 2 cases' Sources having the capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement are invited to submit quotations for all of the brand name item(s) specified in this announcement with information demonstrating the capability to supply ordered quantities within 48 hours if needed. Equal's maybe submitted as alternatives, however a waiting period will be required to evaluate these items, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days. Entire quantities will not be delivered at one time; orders will be placed on an as needed basis. The closing date for submission of written response is September 15, 2000. All submission must be transmitted in written form. E-mail or fax documents are acceptable. All question, concerns and information about specification are to be directed to Clifford B. Ross at the address listed in the Synopsis, Via-mail cross@cc.nih.gov; ph.# (301) 402-0608, Fax# (301) 435-8675.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000831/65SOL006.HTM (W-242 SN491249)