66 -- LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Notice Date

September 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Southeast Contracting Center MEDCOM, Dwight David Eisenhower AMC, ATTN MCAA SE, 39706 40th Street, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650

ZIP Code

30905-5650

Solicitation Number

DADA08-01-T-0387

Response Due

September 19, 2001

Point of Contact

Sebrena L. Hackley-Lane, 706-787-2211

E-Mail Address

MEDCOM, SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONTRACTING OFFICE (sebrena.lane@se.amedd.army.mil)

Description

1. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS 100% SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. OFFERS FROMOTHER THAN 100% SB CONCERNS FOR SERVICES THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT UNDER AUTHORITY FAR 12.203 AND 13.003. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENT OR SUBMIT PROPOSALS. A DETERMINIATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETE WITH THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS A ALL OR NONE REQUIREMENT ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS SET UP IN THE SOLICITATION ABOVE. 3. BASED ON MARKET RESEARCH THE GOVERNMENT IS USING THE POLICIES CONTAINED IN FAR PART 12, ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS, IN ITS SOLICITATION FOR THE DESCRIBED SUPPLIES AND CAPABILITY TO SATISFY THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENT WITH A COMMERCIAL ITEM WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THIS NOTICE. 4. SERVICES UNDER THIS PROPOSED CONTRACT ARE FOR LEASE AND REAGENTS FOR TRITURUS EIA ANALYZER INSTRUMENT. INSTURMENT SHALL HAVE WINDOWS INTERFACE SOFTWARE, WITH THE ABILITY FOR THE OPERATING TECHNOLOGISTS TO PROGRAM IN ASSAYS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS; INSTRUMENT SHALL HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR CONTINUED ASSAY THOUGHOUT, WITH THE ABILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL TESTS WHILE INSTRUMENT IS PROCESSING OTHER ASSAYS; INSTRUMENT NEEDS TO BE FULLY AUTOMATED PERFORMING ALL STEPS OF EIA ASSAYS WITH AN INTERNAL SAMPLE BARCODE READER; INSTRUMENT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE INTERFACED TO HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEEDS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST GROUPS OF TESTS ON INDIVIDUAL SAMPLES; NEEDS TO HAVE MULTI-BATCH CAPABILITY FOR SCHEDULING SERVERAL CONSECUTIVE GROUPS OF TEST; THE INSTRUMENT SYSTEM SHOULD CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: (A) EIA AUTOMATED ANALYZER, (B). COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH MONITOR FOR INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS AND DATA STORAGE, (C). uN-INTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY FOR INSTRUMENT AND COMPUTER COMPONENTS; INSTRUMENT SERVICE AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VENDOR. MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL NEED TO BE AVAILABLE MONDAY -- FRIDAY, FROM 0800 -- 1700 HOURS; AND TRAINING OF A MINIMUM OF TWO (2) PERSONNEL SHALL BE INCLUDED; (D). VENDOR SHALL ASSIST WITH INSTRUMENTATION AND REAGENTS CORRELATION STUDIES AS NEEDED.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010911/66SOL016.HTM (W-250 SN50X096)