SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Transport Chair
- Notice Date
- 9/20/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;ASC - VISN 9;3400 Lebanon Pike;Murfreesboro TN 37129
- ZIP Code
- 37129
- Solicitation Number
- VA-249-08-RQ-0003
- Response Due
- 9/24/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/24/2007
- Point of Contact
- Donald Larson Contracting Officer 615-867-5548
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Officer
(donald.larson@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Request for Quotes (RFQs) being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, VA-249-08-RQ-0003 is issued as a Request for Quote. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-19. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 423450 - Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesellers, which has a small business size standard of 100 employees. The Veteran Administration Medical Center (VAMC) located at 1101 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40502 intends to procure STAXI nestable transport chair systems. The transport chairs must able to carry up 450 weight capacity, shall have from seat to floor 21 inches, back height 41 inches. The casters 5 inch with 5/8 inch stem, urethane, sealed bearings and non-marring. The foot rests must be stainless steel (non-removable), lifts for comfort. The arm rests must be steel oval tubing, non-porous sleeve and lift for easy transfer. The wheels must be 2 1/8 composite (8 inch diameter - non-marr). The nestable transport chair purchase is for the following line items: (1) Nestable Transport chair (COLOR - RED) STAXI # ST017 (2) Retractable seat belt that is expandable STAXI# ST092 (3) IV pole holder, must be a steel fixture, capable of fitting both 5/8 inch and 7/8 inch poles STAXI #ST070 (4) Oxygen tank holder, 4.5 inch diameter STAXI # ST075 (5) Cushion - Antimicrobial treated, easy clean finish (COLOR - BLACK). STAXI # ST059 A quantity for each of the five (5) line items is 100 each. The warranty on these items is three (3) years for all labor and three (3) for all parts. Delivery is 10 days after receipt of the purchase order. Product substitution will not be acceptable. FOB will be destination. Clauses 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference and 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference are included in this synopsis/solicitation. Forms, clauses, and provisions stipulated herein may be downloaded via the Internet at the following address: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) and http://www1.va.gov/oamm/oa/ars/policyreg/vaar/index.cfm (VAAR). Interested parties are responsible for accessing and downloading documents and forms from that site. The following provisions and clauses are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation that will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) Technically acceptable and 2) Price. The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals that are technically acceptable. Technically acceptable will be evaluated based on the requested part number/description for each of the five (5) line items listed above. Offerors shall submit a quote that details part number by line item, by unit price per line item, the extended price for 100 units for each line item, and grand total price. Warranty information is also to be provided. Price will be evaluated to determine its fairness, completeness and reasonableness as it relates to the items offered. As prescribed in FAR Part 42.15, the VA evaluates contractor past performance on all contracts that exceed $100,000 and shares those evaluations with other Federal Government agencies. The FAR requires that the contractor be provided an opportunity to comment on past performance evaluations prior to each report closing. To fulfill this requirement, VA uses an online database, the Contractor Performance System (CPS, which is maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CPS database is shared with the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) database, which is available to all federal agencies. You are required to register with the NIH CPS database at the following address: https://cpscontractor.nih.gov . 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, a completed copy of this provision shall be submitted with the offer. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, - Commercial Items 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items to include clauses (b)1, (b)3,(b)7, (b) 8, (b)10, (b)12, (b)14, (b)15, (b)16, (b)17, (b)18, (b)19, (b)20, (b)21, (b)22, (b)26, (b)27, and (b)33. The following additional clauses and provisions apply: 52.216-1, Type of Contract - For purposes of this clause, this will be a firm fixed price contract. 52.232-18, Availability of Funds 52.232-19, Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year 52.232-38, Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer 52.233-2, Service of Protest 852.203-71, Display of VA Hotline Poster 852.211-70, Service Data Manual 852.211-71, Guarantee 852.211-75, Technical Industry Standards - For the purpose of this clause, the equipment must conform to Food and Drug Administration standards as to their approval process. 852.233-70, Protest Content 852.233-71, Alternate Protest Content 852.270-1, Representatives of Contracting Officers 852.270-4. Commercial Advertising Offers are to be received at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Service Center (VISN 9/90) , ATTN: Donald R. Larson (90C) 3400 Lebanon Pike Murfreesboro, TN 37027 or you may E-mail quotes to donald.larson@va.gov by 3:00 P.M CST, September 24, 2007. Offers can be hand delivered to Mr. Donald R. Larson at the above address Bldg #5 Rm. 174, and can be contacted at 615-867-5548 or via e-mail at donald.larson@va.gov for questions. Point of Contact Donald R. Larson Contract Specialist 615-867-5548 Email your questions to TVHS VA MEDICAL CENTER at donald.larson@va.gov NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (20-SEP-2007); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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