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65 -- Bluetooth Enabled Smart Caps
- Notice Date
- 3/13/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 326199
— All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;West Palm Beach VA Medical Center;Gateway Executive Building;7711 North Military Trail;Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410-6400
- ZIP Code
- 33410-6400
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24819Q0500
- Response Due
- 3/18/2019
- Archive Date
- 5/17/2019
- Point of Contact
- john.quijadajr@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- 1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/STATEMENT OF NEED INTRODUCTION: The Miami VA Healthcare System Pharmacy, requires a portable tamper-resistant pill bottle with unique locking features which only allows access to the right dose of medication at the right time. The Pharmacy Service would like to improve safety and efficiency while trying to lower operating costs, reduce dispensing errors and maximize customer satisfaction. The Smart Pill Cap System will, work with the existing pharmacy computer systems and utilizes barcode scanning controls to ensure prescription accuracy. Abuse of opioids has risen alongside sales of prescription opioids, which has nearly quadrupled since 1999, according to the CDC. Deaths from overdosing on these painkillers increased similarly in the same time period. The overarching goal of this initiative is to prevent opioid-related misuse and deaths. The Miami VA Healthcare System aim to do this by reducing opioid misuse related to post-operative opioid prescriptions. REQUIREMENTS: The Pharmacy at the Miami VA Healthcare System requires a portable tamper-resistant pill bottle system that will: Provide real time medication management program. Accurately captures data to reveal how patients take their medication Total taken Rate of decrease per day after surgeries Timely messaging to the patient b. Smart Pill Caps will record only the prescription number as an identifier c. Record date and time of day pills are dispensed (identified by bottle opening), and number dispensed / number left in bottle d. Smart Pill Caps HIPAA-compliant platform e. Assure that data is easily downloadable by providers for each prescription number the pharmacy dispenses with Smart Cap System and accompanying medication vial. TECHNICAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS: The Contractor certifies that all applicable equipment offered under this contract shall conform to all common industry standards. The Contractor for this equipment will meet any regulatory requirements. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA: The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve changes or modify any of the requirements under this contract. The Contractor shall communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters pertaining to contract administration. Only the Contracting Officer is authorized to make commitments or issue changes, which will affect price, quantity or quality of performance of this contract. In the event the Contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof. IDENTIFICATION, PARKING, SMOKING AND VA REGULATIONS: The Contractor s personnel shall wear visible identification at all times while on the premises of the MVAHS. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to park in the appropriate designated parking areas. Information on parking is available from the VA Police Service. The VA will not invalidate or make reimbursement for parking violations of the Contractor under any conditions. Smoking is prohibited inside any buildings of the MVAHS. Possession of weapons is prohibited. Enclosed containers, including took kits, shall be subject to search. Violation of VA regulations may result in citation answerable in the United States (Federal) District Court, not a local district, State or Municipal court. PAYMENT: The Contractor will be paid upon receipt of order. Invoices shall be submitted to Department of Veterans Affairs, Financial Services Center P.O. Box 149971, Austin, Texas 78714-9971, Phone: 877-353-9791, Fax: 512-460-5432. NOTE: Invoices for payment may be rejected if all information required by FAR Clause 52.212-4(g) is not included. Invoices shall include the following information to be considered valid for payment. Vendor name, invoice number and date Remittance address (address where payment is to be issued). Complete purchase order number assigned by the VA facility placing order for goods or services (for example: 516-A800XX), itemized description of goods or services quantity, and unit price. Total dollar amount of invoice Discount or net terms. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-MAR-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/WPBVAMC/VAMCCO80220/36C24819Q0500/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;Miami VA Healthcare System;1201 N.W. 16th St.;Miami, FL
- Zip Code: 33125
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 33125
- Record
- SN05248424-F 20190315/190313230047 (fbodaily.com)
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