1. Title: Stryker Eye Surgery Stretcher (Brand Name Only)
2. Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Galleria Financial Center, Suite 750, Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for Stryker Eye Surgery Stretcher (Brand Name Only)
Contractor shall provide all shipping, installation (if required), equipment, personnel, labor and testing for name brand. This Sources Sought is published for market research purposes. This Sources Sought will be used to determine if a set-aside for any small business program is appropriate. Government anticipates competitive, firm fixed price contract. Please review this announcement, respond to questions below and review all attachments in their entirety.
Government request that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement.
3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide the following:
a. Stryker Eye Surgery Stretcher (Brand Name Only)
The salient characteristics and specifications:
Item Description
Catalog Number
Quantity
EYE SURGERY STRETCHER
1089-000-000
5
COMMON COMPONENTS
1089-226-000
5
THREE SIDED HYDRAULIC CONTROLS
1105-005-510
5
3-SIDED BRAKE/STEER CONTROLS
1105-003-138
5
DUAL ART./PNEU FOWLER WHITE
1089-132-210
5
CRANK KNEE GATCH LITTER
1089-140-000
5
3 POSITION SIDERAILS
1089-021-000
5
3 UC CONCAVE (BLUE)
1069-181-000
5
2 STAGE PERMANENT FOLD IV POLE (FOOT END)
1089-080-000
5
4" X 26" ULTRA COMFORT MATTRESS
1069-026-090
5
1089 DPM LABEL
1089-001-901
5
NO PRE/POST OP ASSY.
1069-060-015
5
TEMPORAL WRIST REST
1068-251-000
5
SUPERIOR WRIST REST
1068-250-000
5
DEFRIBILLATOR TRAY
1105-045-200
5
UPRIGHT OXYGEN BOTTLE HOLDER
1089-030-000
5
1 YEAR PARTS LABOR & TRAVEL
7777-770-100
5
GRAY ID BUMPERS
1105-003-552
5
UNBOXED PACKAGING
9000-900-900
5
END CONTROL HYD COOL GREY
1105-005-610
5
3 SIDED BRAKE/STEER W/ 3 SIDED
1089-010-400
5
Minimum technical specs must be provided to meet the requirements of the GCVHCS:
Brand Name Only-
The Eye Surgery Stretcher by Stryker is the only eye surery stretcher on the surgical market designed to provide comfort for the patient while offering ample accessibility for the surgeon. The Stryker brand eye surgery stretcher is currently utilized at the GCVHCS and has the following salient characteristics:
• Must provide enhanced head-end clearance for supreme surgeon access.
• Must be ideal for either superior or temporal approach.
• Must have positioning controls tuck neatly within the headpiece and allow for full articulation.
• Must provide the optional flat or contoured headpiece to comfortably support the patient during procedures.
• Must have optional flat or contoured headpiece to comfortably support the patient during procedures.
• Must have 8” (20 cm) Omni Surface casters with wheel covers
• Must provide dual cylinder pneumatic backrest
• Must provide dual pedestal hydraulics
• Must provide dual side hydraulic controls
• Must fold-down siderails
• Must include four IV receptacles
• Must have central-locking brakes
• Must be Hands-free Trend.
• Must have integrated storage tray with oxygen bottle holder
• Must have retractable fifth-wheel steering
• Must have rubber bumpers
• Must have stationary foot-end litter
• Must have a uni-lower pedal
• Must provide dual-articulation, enhanced-clearance headpiece
4. Place of Performance: Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System
Warehouse BLDG 26
400 Veterans Avenue
Biloxi, MS 39531
5. Responses Requested: The MEDVAMC requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SS: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research.
a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address, and the company's business size, and SAM Unique Entity Identification Number.
b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications.
c. Does your company meet all required four prong factors for the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) per guidance of SBA and 13 C.F.R. § 121.406 Offer must answer all questions below.
1. Does your company exceed the 500 employee alternative size standard for nonmanufacturers? ___
2. Is your company primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of products being supplied? __________
3. Does your company must take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice? __________
4. Does your company supply the end products of a small business manufacturer or processor made in the United States? _____________
d. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 339113
e. Do you (offer) manufacture the product yourself or a distributor of the items being researched above?____
f. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
g. Do you (offer) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a nonmanufacturer?
h. Do you (offer) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule?
i. Is your (offer) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response.
j. Is your (offer) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response.
k. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it manufactured outside the US-Domestic non-available?
l. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it a foreign manufactured end product under the trade agreement?
m. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the name brand or equal product?
n. For the name brand or equal product required, Is your company available under any;
Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC)
General Services Administration Schedules (GSA)
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
If so, please list the contract number for name brand or equal product.
o. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product is being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison. to the name brand or equal product meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work.
p. Contractors shall provide an estimated industry pricing for name brand product for market research and budgetary purpose.
6. Opportunity: NCO 16, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the MEDVAMC in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives.
7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by July 31, 2023 at 10:00 am (CST) via email to albert.kelly@va.gov.
All Questions shall be submitted by July 27, 2023 at 10:00 pm (CST) via email to albert.kelly@va.gov.
Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted.
Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible.
This a New Requirement.
The subject line shall read: 36C25623Q1437-RFI-Sources Sought- Stryker Eye Surgery Stretcher (Brand Name Only) – Biloxi, MS 39531. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(o).
Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by MEDVAMC as "market research" and will not be released outside of the MEDVAMC Purchasing and Contract Team.
This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government.
In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it is will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ.
8. Contact Information:
Contract Specialist, Albert Kelly
Email address: albert.kelly@va.gov
Your responses to this notice are appreciated.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.
