65 -- ADVANCED WOUND CARE PRODUCTS

Notice Date

July 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Southeast Contracting Center MEDCOM, Dwight David Eisenhower AMC, ATTN MCAA SE, 39706 40th Street, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650

ZIP Code

30905-5650

Response Due

January 8, 2001

Point of Contact

Nurse Method Analyst Amy J Dietz (706) 787-2094

E-Mail Address

Amy.Dietz@SE.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL (Amy.Dietz@SE.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL)

Description

This Commerce Business Daily announcement is a notice that TRICARE Regions 3 & 4 which includes all Department of Defense Medical Treatment facilities (MTFs) in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are in the process of standardizing Advanced Wound Care Products to include the following: hydrogels, hydrocolloid dressings, and alginates. Companies with current Distribution and Pricing Agreements (DAPAs)with the Defense Support Center -- Philadelphia (DSCP)for the Advanced Wound Care product line are eligible to participate in the standardization process. Base Company Criteria for this product line includes but is not limited to the following: must carry a full line of advanced wound care products, must provide customer support, in the form of a sales representative, for each MTF within TRICARE Regions 3 & 4, must provide clinical support, education programs, utilization reports, provide the company's return policy, provide company's distribution network, must be able to provide the products for all MTF's within TRICARE Regions 3 & 4, and must provide electronic and hard copy of proposed pricing and competitive product cross-reference. Base Product Criteria for this product line includes but is not limited to the following: must state the latex content of all products, must provide literature on all products, must carry a variety of hydrogels and alginates, must carry hydrocolloid dressings in a variety of types and sizes with adhesive that securely adheres to patient's skin without tearing it upon removal, must be able to write on the hydrocolloid dressings without it rubbing off, must have easy to open packages. Respondents must address all the criteria listed above. Please send your response along with a representative sample, approximately 10 dressings, tube of gel, etc., at no cost to the government, of your company's Advanced Wound Care Products to Ms Dietz, R.N. at the following address: Southeast Regional Medical Command, Building 40707 40th Street, Fort Gordon GA 30905. All proposals and samples must be received by close of business 01 August 2001.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010719/65SOL004.HTM (W-198 SN50S0P7)