VISN 10 RTLS Service/Maintenance
Added: Aug 30, 2016 4:32 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs, Service Area Office Contracting Office for the Central Region intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source basis to VETFED RESOURCES, INC. 2034 Eisenhower Ave STE270, Alexandria, VA 22314 for all maintenance and support services for the RTLS equipment and software as needed toughout VISN 10 facilities in Ohio that deploy the RTLS technology under authority of 41 USC 253(G)(1) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per FAR 6.302-1. The VA is requesting pricing for one year. A sole source justification is approved in support of this action. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Business and other Business Concerns believing they can provide these services stated above must provide written notification to the Contract Specialist with support evidence to that effect in sufficient detail to demonstrate the respondent's ability to meet the stated requirements. The resulting purchase will be a Firm-Fixed Price Agreement. The designated North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 518210 with a small business size standard of 32.5 million dollars. This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. No Solicitation will be published. Responses to this notice, if any, must show clear and convincing evidence that competition is attainable and more advantageous to the Government. This Notice to sole-source as the result of Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per FAR 6.302-1 is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion and authority of the Government. Please submit information to Julieann.Willie@va.gov. All responses must be received no later than Tuesday, September 13, 2016 by 12:00 PM central standard time. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. All responses must be emailed. VA25016R0092 Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
8/30/16, 4:32 PM VISN 10 RTLS Service/Maintenance
Added: Feb 09, 2016 9:30 am This is a sources sought announcement only. This is not a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of current market conditions relative to NAICS 541513, Size standard $27.5 Million. The Service Area Office Central on behalf of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 Logistics Office (VISN 10) is seeking potential qualified vendors to provide Preventative Maintenance and Repair of a Real Time Location System (RTLS) deployed toughout the VISN 10 Healthcare System (VAMC's Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Chillicothe and the Parma, OH Outpatient Clinic. Background: The VISN 10 RTLS is based on 802.11IR at all facilities excluding the Parma, OH Outpatient Clinic, which is based on 802.15.4 ZigBee. The five (5) functions that RTLS performs within VISN 10 are: 1. All capital assets are identified with active or passive tags, and can be located at all locations within the facilities. Infrastructure and hardware currently supports VISN-wide inventories of at least 125,000 pieces of equipment, 255,000 surgical instruments, and expendable Cath Lab Supplies (63,000). 2. Remote monitoring for refrigerators and assets that require temperature and humidity monitoring. 3. Tracking all supplies utilized in a Cardiac Catheterization Lab. 4. Tracking workflow tough Supply Processing & Distribution for assets and instruments. 5. Monitoring long-term patients while providing location information and preventing possible elopement. Major Hardware/Software Components: Refer to attachment Description of Services: Interested parties will be required to provide all transportation, labor, parts, materials and individual test equipment required to service, maintain, upgrade, and expand as required, the existing RTLS. Interested parties must also be able to provide a 24/7 help desk to mitigate issues in order to maintain a 99.9% up-time status of the system. Responses to this sources sought must include the following information. 1. General Information of your company name, address, contact person name, phone number, fax number, e-mail address(s) and DUNS number and company website if available. 2. Socio-economic status of business such as Service Disabled Veteran owned business or Veteran owned small business, 8(a) small business, Hub Zone small business, and Small disadvantage business. 3. Does your company have experience in repair and maintenance or installation of an RTLS system? If so, please provide a brief synopsis of relevant experience to include size of system installed/serviced and environment (i.e. medical facility, warehouse operations, manufacturing activity etc.) 4. What does your company primarily provide? 5. Will your company enter into a joint venture or other relationship in order to provide this service? 6. How long has your company existed? Responses to this market survey shall be in writing and be faxed or e-mailed to the attention of Ken Eshom at fax number (612-338-1274 or e-mail ken.eshom@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 3:00 pm February 19, 2016. No solicitation document is available at this time; this notice is to acquire information only. Vendors interested in providing an offer will have to respond to a solicitation announcement that shall be published separately. VA25016R0092 Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
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