SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitors
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2019
- Notice Type
- Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 4
- ZIP Code
- 17042
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24419Q1043
- Response Due
- 8/28/2019
- Archive Date
- 11/26/2019
- Point of Contact
- Michael.Shull@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION Page 9 of 9 (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitors BRAND NAME, as prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated. (ii) The solicitation number is 36C24419Q1043 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95 (iv) This solicitation is set aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and the associated NAICS 339113 code has a small business size standard of 500. (v) Contract Line Items (CLIN): ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 WELCH ALLYN DEVICE CONNECTIVITY LICENSE 4.00 __________________ __________________ 0002 CONNEX PREMIUM SERVICE SUPPORT AGREEMENT 1.00 __________________ __________________ 0003 WELCH ALLYN CONNEX SPOT MONITOR W/ SUREBP NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE, COVIDIEN SPO2, BRUAN THERMOSCAN PRO 6000 EAR THERMOMETER EIL 080, CSN: 6515-438209, NXR-5YR-BEHAVIORAL/HEALTH-CONNEX 4.00 __________________ __________________ 0004 WELCH ALLYN CONNEX SPOT MONITOR MOBILE WORK SURFACE STAND 4.00 __________________ __________________ 0005 BARCODE SCANNER W/ HOLDER 4.00 __________________ __________________ GRAND TOTAL __________________ (vi) Comparable products must be Brand Name in the following specifications: Statement of Need Background VAPHS requires new medical equipment in support of patient care operations in the Behavioral Health Service Line (BHSL). Project Scope VAPHS requires purchase of four (4) Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitors able to connect to the Connex centralized server. Additionally, it must have a bi-directional interface with the computerized patient record system (CPRS) that serves at the VA Pittsburgh electronical health record (EHR). VA Pittsburgh will make a best value decision. The unit must function of the wireless infrastructure and follow cybersecurity requirements. Specifications Minimum requirements for Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor are: The integration must contain a method for a centralized repository. This means that it takes information from the multiple Vital Sign Monitors and then passes on this information to CPRS for all parameters. The Integration must contain a method for BCMA use at the point of care. This means that the user must be able to scan a patient wrist band or Veterans Identification Card to associate data collected with the patient s record. Additionally, the system must have ability to use the staff DUZ number assigned inside VistA for staff identification. The information must meet HL7 message formatting and VistA integration based on existing CPRS standards. This must be true for inbound and outbound traffic. The integration to CPRS must be seamless. A seamless integration means that any validation of information going into the patient record must be achievable from the point of care. The integration must be wireless capable using new and existing VA Pittsburgh infrastructure and must comply with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2. Installation and integration must also be provided. NIBP Systolic pressure from 30-260 mmHg NIBP Diastolic pressure from 20-220 mmHg MAP from 20-230 mmHg Pulse from 20-250 bpm Autodeflate pressure of 300+/- 15 Provides cuffs of small adult, adult, large adult, and thigh Tempanic temperature probe Approximately 15 seconds on measurement time 2-dimensional barcode scanner Must display Systolic pressure, Diastolic, MPA, Pulse, SpO2, temperature Can monitor height, weight, BMI, pain level, respiration rate Must provide 2D Barcode Scan capabilities for CPRS interface and recognition. Battery must be able to sustain constant use for at least 5 hours and hold a charge for at least 5 days. Must allow for continuous monitoring for all parameters. Must be within (HxWxD) 10 x 12 x 7 in Must weight no more than 10 lbs Delivery Location VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive C Building 29 - Room 1M104 Pittsburgh, PA 15240-1001 Delivery Coordination Normal business hours for acceptance of deliveries are 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday thru Friday excluding Federal Holidays. Deliveries must be coordinated in advance with COR once a ship date is established. The COR, Biomedical Engineering and/or Logistics Representative shall be the only VA entity signing for freight received on this requirement. All items included in the requirement shall be shipped and delivered to site at same time. If deliveries must be broken into several shipments due to size, this must be coordinated in advance with the COR. Failure the coordinate shipment with COR, may result in failure to deliver on site and cause re-scheduling of delivery/freight at no charge to the government. The packing slip must include the VA-issued purchase order number (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses AND instructions are added as addenda: CLAUSES: 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature (APR 2002) 852-219-10 VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. (b) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. (c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. (ix) Evaluation of this requirement will be based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. (x) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer if has not been completed on SAM.gov. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses are added as addenda: (End of Clause) 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil https://acquisition.gov/far (End of Clause) 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (JAN 2008) 852.246-71 Inspection (Jan 2008) (xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2015) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) 52.222-19 Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (FEB 2016) (E.O. 13126) 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (APR 2015) 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-3 Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (MAY 2014) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008) 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Other than System for Award Management (JUL 2013) Record Management The following paragraphs are from VA Handbook 6500.6 and are applicable to this procurement 3. VA INFORMATION CUSTODIAL LANGUAGE a. Information made available to the contractor or subcontractor by VA for the performance or administration of this contract or information developed by the contractor/subcontractor in performance or administration of the contract shall be used only for those purposes and shall not be used in any other way without the prior written agreement of the VA. This clause expressly limits the contractor/subcontractor's rights to use data as described in Rights in Data - General, FAR 52.227-14(d) (1). 5. INFORMATION SYSTEM HOSTING, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, OR USE h. Bio-Medical devices and other equipment or systems containing media (hard drives, optical disks, etc.) with VA sensitive information must not be returned to the vendor at the end of lease, for trade-in, or other purposes. The options are: (1) Vendor must accept the system without the drive; (2) VA s initial medical device purchase includes a spare drive which must be installed in place of the original drive at time of turn-in; or (3) VA must reimburse the company for media at a reasonable open market replacement cost at time of purchase. (4) Due to the highly specialized and sometimes proprietary hardware and software associated with medical equipment/systems, if it is not possible for the VA to retain the hard drive, then; (a) The equipment vendor must have an existing BAA if the device being traded in has sensitive information stored on it and hard drive(s) from the system are being returned physically intact; and (b) Any fixed hard drive on the device must be non-destructively sanitized to the greatest extent possible without negatively impacting system operation. Selective clearing down to patient data folder level is recommended using VA approved and validated overwriting technologies/methods/tools. Applicable media sanitization specifications need to be preapproved and described in the purchase order or contract. (c) A statement needs to be signed by the Director (System Owner) that states that the drive could not be removed and that (a) and (b) controls above are in place and completed. The ISO needs to maintain the documentation. 6. SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION a. Consistent with the requirements of 38 U.S.C. §5725, a contract may require access to sensitive personal information. If so, the contractor is liable to VA for liquidated damages in the event of a data breach or privacy incident involving any SPI the contractor/subcontractor processes or maintains under this contract. 7. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR DATA BREACH a. The term security incident means an event that has, or could have, resulted in unauthorized access to, loss or damage to VA assets, or sensitive information, or an action that breaches VA security procedures. The contractor/subcontractor shall immediately notify the COTR and simultaneously, the designated ISO and Privacy Officer for the contract of any known or suspected security/privacy incidents, or any unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, including that contained in system(s) to which the contractor/subcontractor has access. d. Based on the determinations of the independent risk analysis, the contractor shall be responsible for paying to the VA liquidated damages in the amount of $______ per affected individual to cover the cost of providing credit protection services to affected individuals consisting of the following: (1) Notification; (2) One year of credit monitoring services consisting of automatic daily monitoring of at least 3 relevant credit bureau reports; (3) Data breach analysis; (4) Fraud resolution services, including writing dispute letters, initiating fraud alerts and credit freezes, to assist affected individuals to bring matters to resolution; (5) One year of identity theft insurance with $20,000.00 coverage at $0 deductible; and (6) Necessary legal expenses the subjects may incur to repair falsified or damaged credit records, histories, or financial affairs. 9. TRAINING a. 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: (1) 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; (2) Successfully complete the VA Cyber Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training and annually complete required security training; (3) Successfully complete the appropriate VA privacy training and annually complete required privacy training; and (4) 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.] b. 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. c. 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. (xv) Quotes must be emailed to Michael.Shull@va.gov and received no later than NOON EST on 08/28/2018 Quotes may be submitted on this document (If you use this form, Include your company information name, address, phone number, POC, POC email, and DUNS #) or the vendor s own form. If you are not the manufacturer than an AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR LETTER needs to be provided with your quote in order to be considered for the award. NO LATES WILL BE ACCEPTED (xvi) For information regarding the solicitation, please contact Michael Shull at Michael.Shull@va.gov End of Document NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-AUG-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.
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