65 -- SAFETY VENIPUNCTURE DEVICES FOR BLOOD COLLECTION TO INCLUDE MULTI SAMPLE NEEDLES, BUTTERFLIES, TUBE HOLDERS AND LANCETS

Notice Date

November 7, 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

December 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Sheila Chaney RN Nurse Methods Analyst (706) 787 2019

E-Mail Address

sheila.chaney@se.amedd.army.mil (sheila.chaney@se.amedd.army.mil)

Description

This COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY announcement is a notice that TRICARE Regions 3 & 4 including all Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are in the process of standardizing Safety Veni-puncture Devices for Blood Collection, to include: Needles and Butterflies (Multi-Sample), Tube Holders, and Lancets. Companies with current Distribution and Pricing Agreements (DAPS's) with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia for these items 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 product line, 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, and utilization reports, must provide company's return policy, must provide company's distribution network, must be able to provide product for all MTFs 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: the safety feature must be an integral part of the device and NOT an accessory, must allow worker's hands to remain behind the needle / blade at all times, is activated before disassembly, remains protective through disposal, must be easy to use, must not cause the patient added discomfort, must come in a variety of sizes, must work reliably with the blood collection tubes from all major manufacturers, must state the latex content of all products, must provide literature on all products. Respondents must address all criteria listed above. Please send your response along with representative product samples (enough to share with a 10 person Clinical Evaluation Team) of your company's Safety Veni-puncture Devices to Ms. Sheila Chaney, RN at the following address: Southeast Regional Medical Command BLDG 40707, 40th Street Ft. Gordon, GA 30905 All proposals and samples must be received by close of business 06 December 2001.

Web Link

hcaa.medcom.amedd.army.mil (hcaa.medcom. amedd.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011109/65SOL012.HTM (W-311 SN512500)