65 -- RADIOPAQUE SURGICAL SPONGES

Notice Date

November 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

Response Due

December 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Sheila Chaney, R.N., Nurse Methods Analyst (706) 787-2019

E-Mail Address

sheila.chaney@se.amedd.army.mil (sheila.chaney@se.amedd.army.mil)

Description

This COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY announcement is a notice that TRICARE Regions 3 & 4 including all Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are in the process of standardizing Radiopaque Surgical Sponges. Records indicate the annual usage of sterile and bulk non-sterile radiopaque surgical sponges may include, but is not limited to, approximately 600,000 each of size 4 inch x 8 inch; approximately 150,000 each of size 18 inch x 18 inch; and approximately 10,000 of various kittner, pattie, and tonsil sponges. Companies with current Distribution and Pricing Agreements (DAPAs) with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia for Radiopaque Surgical Sponges are eligible to participate in the standardization process. Base company criteria for this product line includes but is not limited to the following: must carry a full line of radiopaque surgical sponges, must provide customer support in the form of a sales representative for each MTF, must provide clinical support and education programs, must provide company's return policy, must provide company's distribution network, must be able to provide product for all MTFs within TRICARE Regions 3 & 4, and must provide electronic and hard-copy of proposed pricing and competitive product cross-reference. Base product criteria for this product line includes but is not limited to the following: must carry full product line with radiopaque element, must be 100% U.S. cotton, must state the latex content of all products, must provide literature on all products, must carry a variety of sizes, types and plys, must be delinted during manufacturing process, and resist or minimize linting. Respondents must address all criteria listed above. Please send your response along with representative samples (enough to share with a 10 person Clinical Evaluation Team) of your company's Radiopaque Surgical Sponges at no cost to the government, to Ms. Chaney, R.N. at the following address: Southeast Regional Medical Command BLDG 40707, 40th Street Ft. Gordon, GA 30905 All proposals and samples must be received by close of business 06 December 2001.

Web Link

hcaa.medcom. amedd.army.mil (hcaa.medcom. amedd.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011109/65SOL007.HTM (W-311 SN512504)