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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 01, 2018 FBO #5942
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46 -- Lease of Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System for Sterile Processing Service (VA-18-00019649) - Attachment

Notice Date

2/27/2018
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

221310 — Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 2;James J. Peters VA Medical Center;130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
 

ZIP Code

10468-3904
 

Solicitation Number

36C24218Q9106
 

Archive Date

3/29/2018
 

Point of Contact

JAMES, EULANDA
 

E-Mail Address

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Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

Please note, this is NOT a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 of the Department of Veterans Affairs is currently conducting a market survey for qualified firms capable to provide and install under lease arrangement, a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment systems in Sterile Processing Service (SPS) located at the Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) 800 Poly Place Brooklyn, NY 11209 in the High Level Disinfection Room B-112. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 221310. Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing via (email), and shall be received No Later Than (NLT) March 5, 2018 at 9:00AM EST. Email to: Eulanda.James@va.gov No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Interested parties MUST provide company/individual name, a capability statement, examples of same or similar work performed at other facilities, DUNS number and address, point of contact and social-economic. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/socioeconomic status (service-disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, women owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), small business or large business), relative to NAICS 221310. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Federal Business opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. STATEMENT OF WORK REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM The contractor shall provide and install under lease arrangement, a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water treatment systems in Sterile Processing Service (SPS) located at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center in the High Level Disinfection Room B-112. The unit shall meet the following minimum specifications: System shall have sufficient capacity to provide up to 30 gallons per minute of treated water and be equipped with a minimum 55-gallon treated water storage tank. In addition to the reverse osmosis treatment stage, system shall be furnished with pre-treatment including carbon filter, anti-scalant feed and deionizer resin bed. System dimensions shall not exceed 72 length, 36 depth and 72 height. System shall be a qualifying medical device pursuant to International Standards Organization (ISO) quality management standards for medical devices. System shall provide acceptable quality feed water to Steris Reliance Vision Single Chamber Washer/Disinfectors for equipment processing. System shall provide water meeting the quality requirements of VHA Directive 1116(2) Sterile Processing Services and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Technical Information Report (TIR) 34 Water for the Reprocessing of Medical Devices. Vendor shall provide: All required maintenance, replenishment of chemicals, troubleshooting and repairs to the reverse osmosis system are to be included in the lease and shall be performed at no additional cost to the Government. Monthly periodic service reports in writing. Delivery, uncrating, final electrical and plumbing connections and commissioning of unit. Utility runs to be provided by VA. Hours of coverage: a.) Will be from 7:00 am through 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays; all work done outside the normal coverage time should be first approved through the Brooklyn VA Medical Center Chief Engineer at Brooklyn VA. Preventive maintenance should be negotiated, during normal hours, at least two weeks in advance with the Engineering Department. Preventive maintenance will be done at the manufacturer s recommended frequency or greater. b.) Hardware and software upgrades will be scheduled and performed during normal working hours, at no additional charge to the VA. These upgrades are those required for the correct function of the system; not those purchased to enhance function. c.) The contractor will provide all hardware and software necessary for unscheduled repairs. The contractor s field service engineer will respond by phone within 2 hours and respond on site within 24 hours to correct the problem. Uptime requirements, excluding scheduled preventive maintenance, will be 97% of the normal working hours and working days during the term of the contract. All broken parts removed to repair the system will become the property of the contractor. d.) The Contractor shall be responsible for all routine maintenance and sampling and testing to ensure acceptable quality of the treated water supplied by the Reverse Osmosis system. The Contractor is responsible for all scheduled maintenance in accordance with manufacturers schedule for maintenance. All replacement parts for normal wear and tear items shall be covered by this contract and provided and installed at no additional charge to the VA. e.) The contractor must have trained personnel within a 90-mile radius of Brooklyn VA Medical Center, New York, with an adequate spare parts inventory in some area office and proof of manufacturer s or equivalent maintenance training of field service personnel. Each scheduled and unscheduled visit will result in the production of a written report, by the contractor s representative, in a format negotiated between the VA-COR and the contractor. The contractor will always contact the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), at 718-836-6600 Ext. 4560 (after hours, 718-836-6600 x-3000) before and after arrival at the site. PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS All contractor employees and subcontractor employees requiring access to VA information and VA information systems shall complete the following before being granted access to VA information and its systems:    Sign and acknowledge (either manually or electronically) understanding of and responsibilities for compliance with the   Contractor Rules of Behavior, Appendix E relating to access to VA information and information systems;    Successfully complete the VA Cyber Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training and annually complete required security training;    Successfully complete the appropriate VA privacy training and annually complete required privacy training; and    Successfully complete any additional cyber security or privacy training, as required for VA personnel with equivalent information system access [to be defined by the VA program official and provided to the contracting officer for inclusion in the solicitation document e.g., any role-based information security training required in accordance with NIST Special Publication 800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements.] The contractor shall provide to the contracting officer and/or the COTR a copy of the training certificates and certification of signing the Contractor Rules of Behavior for each applicable employee within 1 week of the initiation of the contract and annually thereafter, as required.   Failure to complete the mandatory annual training and sign the Rules of Behavior annually, within the timeframe required, is grounds for suspension or termination of all physical or electronic access privileges and removal from work on the contract until such time as the training and documents are complete.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/BroVANAP/VAMD/36C24218Q9106/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: 36C24218Q9106 36C24218Q9106.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4111470&FileName=36C24218Q9106-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=4111470&FileName=36C24218Q9106-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office (NCO 2);BROOKLYN - VAMC;800 Poly Place;Brooklyn

Zip Code: 11209
 

Record

SN04836920-W 20180301/180227231903-9fc67194644486d7291fd946d129cf0a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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