SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- CATEGORY: Suture
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Medcom Contracting Center North Atlantic, ATTN: MCAA NA Bldg T20, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307-5000
- ZIP Code
- 20307-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W91YTZ-05-10-TRBO
- Response Due
- 7/1/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Military Hospitals- (Army, Navy, and Air Force) TRICARE Region Europe is considering standardizing and establishing a Regional Incentive Agreement (s) (RIA (s) for Suture. This is not a request for bids but an invitation to participate in a product line review process that will result in a selection of vendor(s) to provide this product line to MTFs within the European Region. Vendors must be able to provide a full line of product and meet regional product volume requirements; provide representatives and product for vendor demonstrations at no charge to the government; and conduct product in-services for medical facility staff as needed. MILITARY HOSPITALS - TRICARE Europe Region, a military integrated delivery network, comprised of Army, Navy and Air Force medical facilities in Iceland, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Turkey. CATEGORY: Suture POINTS OF CONTACT: Tri-Service Regional Business Office, TRICARE Region Europe. VIA Email: To Primary POC - marcee.whisenant@hbg.amedd.army.mil (team Clinical Consultant 001-49-6221-438797) Alternate POC - tracy.martin-tilgh@na.amedd.army.mil (team logistician phone 2 02-782-3663 or fax 202-782-4071) Response is needed no later than COB 1 July 2005. ELIGIBILITY WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. A list of clinical criteria and instructions will be provided to vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers who are willing to participate. These vendors, suppliers, and manufacturers must be holders of a Distribution And Pricing Agreement (DAPA) with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), distribute products through the DSCP Prime Vendor (PV) program, and carry a full line of product for the items being considered. A company must be a DAPA Holder to participate in our standardization process. Fo r additional information on DAPA, you may call Mr. John Charalabidis at the Defense Supply Center-Philadelphia at (215) 737-7124. Please respond by e-mail: marcee.whisenant@hbg.amedd.army.mil and provide your (1) company name, (2) address, (3) point of contact, (4) telephone number, (5) fax number, (6) e-mail address, and (7) your DAPA number for the product(s)/product line(s) being offered, (8) and answers to the below listed questions no later than July 1, 2005. Also, please send your product literature on Suture by July 1, 2005 to: USA MEDDAC- Heidelberg Tri-Service Regional Business Office (TRBO) Marcee Whisenant CMR 442 Box 226 APO AE 09042 The review process leading to a selection of vendor (s) upon which to standardize will take into consideration, but not be limited to, the following technical aspects that must be addressed and answered: 1. Is your company a Manufacturer or a Distributor of this product line? 2. Does you company manufacture/distribute a full line of suture? 3. Does your company have a DAPA Number or is eligible for applying for DAPA Number? 4. What is your DAPA Number? 5. Are your products on the Federal Supply Schedule? 6. Are your products available through the Prime Vendor, Owens & Minor? 7. Does your company have the Ability to Service the Entire Region? 8. What is your Return Goods Policy? 9. Are there a history of backorders and/or recalls for this product group? If yes, please answer: Dates and duration? Cause? Resolution? 10. Are the products FDA approved? 11. Do you offer Clinical Support? 12. What, if any, disposal issues are there? 13. Under what standards are your products manufactured? 14. What testing was used to support the efficacy of your product? 15. Does your company provide customer service 24/7? 16. Have there been safety alerts for your suture? 17. Are they clearly marked Control release, Multistrand 18. Is the packaging of needles in a plastic container to allow for easy counting and loading of needle to needle driver. 19 Suture size range? 11-0 to 5 20. Suture material type: braided, monofilament, clear, dyed, absorbable, catgut, rapid abs orbable 21. Full range of needle types from Eye, Plastics, Cardiac, Vascular to Orthopedics? BV, OS, CT 22. Needle Point? Blunt, Curved, Keith, Cutting? Reverse Cutting (Dental) 23. Do you offer a free needle? (solo needle to add a suture) 24. Suture length 12 inch to 36 inch 25. Do you use non-toxic, color fast dyes for labeling on your products? 26 Needle type clearly identified on packaging with pictorial? 1/2 circle, 1/8 circle Circle, etc. 27. Packaging Features: Are boxes and individual packages color coded? Expiration Date visible? On box and individual package Lot number? Shelf life in years? Are suture criteria above, clearly marked on boxes and individual packaging? 28. What types of educational tools / materials do you have for the product line? 29. Vendor Name and Address 30. Item Nomenclature 31. Item Product Number / Catalogue Number 32. Owens classification code? 33. Universal Product Number (UPN)? 34. Length of time product has been on the market? 35. Cross references available to competitive products? 36. Are your products latex free?
- Place of Performance
- Address: Tri-Service Regional Business Office (TRBO) CMR 442 Box 226 APO AE
- Zip Code: 09042
- Country: EU
- Zip Code: 09042
- Record
- SN00827647-W 20050612/050612190743 (fbodaily.com)
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