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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 10, 2014 FBO #4550
DOCUMENT

65 -- Large Bone/Joint Saw and Drill - Attachment

Notice Date

5/8/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

339112 — Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 6;100 Emancipation Drive;Hampton VA 23667
 

ZIP Code

23667
 

Solicitation Number

VA24614Q0682
 

Response Due

5/16/2014
 

Archive Date

6/5/2014
 

Point of Contact

Lori D. Miller
 

E-Mail Address

8-7082<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Asheville, North Carolina has a need for Orthopedic Power Drills and Saw. Equipment must brand name or equal to the deSoutter OrthoDrive power Instruments. The NAICS code for this requirement is 339112; size standard is $14.0. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. The Veterans Administration is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. All responsible sources that have "equal" instruments must meet the following salient characteristics: Large Bone Handpieces - Drill with two speed rotary twin trigger, Sagittal saw handpiece, and Reciprocating saw handpiece: "Handpieces shall be made or encased of stainless Steel construction. They must be totally sealed to prevent water from invading the internal motors and allows all of the power sets parts to go through an automatic washer. "The handpieces shall be able to accept or have interchangeable size batteries such as large batteries for large bone work total joint procedures and small batteries for small bone work for sports medicine/ trauma. "The drill handpiece shall fit both a reciprocator saw attachment and a small sagittal attachment for sports medicine or small bone work, drills, and suction attachment. "The pin/wire driver adapter for the drill shall accommodate all sizes from 0.6mm to 4.0mm without changing attachments. Only need one wire/pin driver to do the job. "The drill shall have a twin trigger rotary mechanism with instant forward, reverse, and oscillate drill/tap modes, and an attached/built in quick change drill/reamer gearbox eliminating dedicated attachments. "The drill shall have two different speeds, speed ranging from 75-1300 Rpm, reaming speed 20-300 Rpm, a torque of 17Nm or higher, and a cannulation diameter 4.2mm. "The drill shall have a reverse/forward switch at triggers allowing a toggle of a finger while the hand remains on the hand grip (one hand operation). "Drill shall have a conical pin attachment to ensure NO wobble when using a Jacobs attachment. "The Sagittal saw shall have a ratchet locking mechanism to secure blade, allowing the blade to stay on plane and no skiving of the blade. Batteries: "Batteries shall be aseptic drop-ins into battery casing of handpiece. The batteries shall have Li-ion (lithium) technology. "The battery casing shall have a visible indicator to indicate the battery housing is locked in place once battery is installed. "Trays sets inserts shall come in sealed metal containers for flash sterilization. Services/ Maintenance: "Vendor shall offer on-site preventive maintenance program with quarterly visits. "Loaners shall be delivered within 24 hours to the medical center when needed. "Local representative (located within a 3 hour driving radius) for ongoing inspections of equipment and immediate resolution of any equipment issues. "Vendor shall provide replacements of aseptic batteries to the medical center at no additional charge for the life of the drill. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. All information submitted in response to this Sources Sought notice become property of the Government. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: company name, address, point of contact, phone number, DUNS number (www.dnb.com), list of available compatible products, the geographical location the respondent is able to service, and documentation of authorized distributor certification (if a brand name product is intended for offer should the requirement go to solicitation). (1) Business size (small or large business concern), and number of employees; (2) Type of small business a. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business b. Veteran Owned Small Business c. Small Disadvantaged d. HUBZone e. Woman Owned f. Small Business Responses to this notice should be emailed to Lori Miller, Contracting Specialist at e-mail address: lori.miller@va.gov. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 2:00PM EDT, May 22, 2014. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses should also indicate whether the company is verified by the VA in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) Database at www.vetbiz.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/HaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24614Q0682/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA246-14-Q-0682 VA246-14-Q-0682.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1353282&FileName=VA246-14-Q-0682-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1353282&FileName=VA246-14-Q-0682-000.docx

 

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Record

SN03361594-W 20140510/140509022246-ef0833365fa4931d185472083de4ad8d (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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