SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 423460
— Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Billings Area Office, 2900 4th Avenue North PO Box 36600, Billings, MT, 59107
- ZIP Code
- 59107
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-10-05-027-REL
- Response Due
- 4/15/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Billings Area Indian Health Service (IHS) is requesting quotes in response to Request for Quotation (RFQ)-10-05-027-REL to acquire Prescription Eyeglasses for various IHS facilities. The Contractor shall provide all necessary materials, personnel, facilities, supplies, and expertise necessary to prepare a complete pair of eyeglasses from individual prescriptions for IHS patients. All prospective offerors shall be required to furnish descriptive literature to establish, for the purpose of evaluation and award, details of the frames and lenses available including a current price list. All items provided by the Contractor shall be new. The Contractor shall consign a minimum of 100 different style and sized current frames chosen by each of the Service Unit Eye Clinics to suit their needs and which constitute the basis of this contract. At least 20 of this basic frame selection shall be suitable for children. At least 35 of the consigned frames shall be unisex style adult frames, 10 will be adult women frames and 10 will be adult male frames. The Contractor will also need to supply large eye size frames that are frequently requested by elderly patients. Additionally, safety and sport eyewear meeting applicable ANZI standards shall be supplied as deemed necessary to support programs of the individual Service Units. The Contractor must be willing to accept individual private pay orders from IHS eligible patients and from Montana and Wyoming tribes as a private transaction between the client or tribe and the Contractor at the same costs as delineated in the resultant contract. Private pay orders shall be paid for by a money order made out to the Contractor for the full cost of the eyewear or through a separate account set up by each tribal entity. The contract will be awarded for a base year with four 12-month options. Prospective contractors may request a copy of the solicitation by contacting the Indian Health Service Contracting Office at (406) 247-7293, by faxing a request to (406) 247-7108, or by e-mailing RLangager@mail.ihs.gov. Requests for the solicitation should be submitted by March 22, 2005. The tentative issue date of the solicitation is March 23, 2005, with a response date of April 15, 2005. This acquisition is set-aside to 100% Small Business Concerns.
- Record
- SN00770625-W 20050319/050317211755 (fbodaily.com)
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