Market Research Questionaire and Statement of Work - Whole Blood Glucose Meters.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons Administration Division

Field Acquisition Office Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Whole Blood Glucose Meters/Testing Supplies Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Butner

Butner, North Carolina

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, is conducting market research in compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The service is for the provision Whole Blood Glucose Testing Meters and Testing Supplies. Medical equipment and supplies will be provided to the incarcerated inmate population at FCC Butner located at Old NC Highway 75, Butner, North Carolina 27509. The Government contemplates awarding a single indefinite-delivery, requirements-type contract for one base year and four option years.

Data collected from this survey is for informational purposes only.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Whole Blood Glucose Meters is 334516, which sets the small business size standard at 1000 employees (up to 1000 employees is considered small, above 1000 employees is considered large).

Based on this standard, what is your business size? _____Small _____Large

2. Is your firm eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate which program(s) below:

___ 8(a)” program ___ Women-owned small business concern ___ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business ___ Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern ___ Hub-Zone small business concern

3. Will your business be compliant with FAR 52.219-14? _____Yes _____No

4. Is your business able to fulfill FCC Butner’s requirement of Whole Blood Glucose meters and testing supplies, as outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW)?_____Yes _____No

5. Length of product warranty for Whole Blood Glucose Meter. ________________________

6. Are there any questions or concerns with the SOW? If so, please list your questions and/or concerns:

7. Is your business registered in System for Award Management (SAM)? ____Yes ____ No

All potential quoters are advised if a solicitation is issued it will include the clause at FAR 52.204-7 (Oct 2018) for System for Award Management (SAM). This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be completed at: https://sam.gov/content/home

8. Can your business provide firm fixed unit prices for future contract periods (for example: a contract with a base year and four option years, equaling a total of five years)? Please indicate the maximum number of years you can provide firm-fixed unit prices.

5 years 4 years 3 years 2 years 1 year only

9. How many calendar days does your firm need to prepare a proposal resulting from this solicitation? _______ _______ 15 days 30 days

10. If awarded a contract, how many calendar days following an award would it take your firm to begin providing services to the institution? Calendar days

Please note that all individuals providing services at the institutions must undergo a security clearance investigation. This investigation may take 30 calendar days or longer to complete.

11. Please furnish the following information in reference to your firm:

Business Name: ____________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ Point of Contact: ___________________________________________________ Telephone Number: _________________________________________________ E-mail Address: ___________________________________________________ UEI No. _____________________ CAGE: ______________________

I am extremely appreciative of the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. Please email your response to jwray@bop.gov no later than Monday, November 11, 2024, at 12:00 am, CST. Please feel free to contact me at if you have any questions.

Sincerely, /s/ Justin Wray, Contracting Officer Federal Bureau of Prisons U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex Field Acquisition Office 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051

NOTE: Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the pre-solicitation notices, solicitation, and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed solely through sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition.

https://sam.gov/content/home mailto:jwray@bop.gov

STATEMENT OF WORK AND SPECIFICATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Complex (FCC), Butner, North Carolina, intends to award a single contract (One base year with Four option years) to a responsible entity for the provision of a whole blood glucose point of care testing meter.

The requirement will service the Health Services Departments that serve Adults in Custody at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Federal Correctional Institution II (FCI II), Federal Correctional Institution I (FCI I), Low Security Institution (LSCI), and Federal Prison Camp (FPC). The FCC is located at Old NC Hwy 75, Butner, NC 27509.

SUPPLIES

The contractor will provide required shipping containers for the products that may be returned to them to be recycled for further utilization. The meters will be used to facilitate an estimated 108,000 WBG determinations per year (Approximately 9000 tests per month) including patient testing, repeat testing, quality control, correlations and linearity. Orders will be placed via task order by the Health services department.

PRICE

The contract shall cover the cost of the meters, service, training, reagents, consumables, disposables/accessories, and supplies. Quoter should also include any additional Add-On pricing such as those for vendor owned analyzers, Service Options, Cals, Controls, Consumables, and computer database control systems.

INSTALLATION/TRAINING/SECURITY CLEARANCE

Application specialists must be available for implementing new meters. Individuals must complete the required customer security clearance procedures satisfactorily.

Manufacturer provided on-site training to staff at installation, upon upgrades or as requested by the customer with certification documentation.

Must provide key operator training.

Must provide replacement and/or repair by the manufacturer.

Must require minimal or no facility modifications to support the meters.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR WHOLE BLOOD GLUCOSE (WBG) TESTING

The responsible party will provide 35 WBG meters; Brand name or Equivalent to StatStrip by Nova Bio-medical.

• FDA clearance for all hospital patients, including critically ill patients and intensive care patients

• CLIA waived status

• 35 WBG meters shall include docking/charging stations, cases

• Powered by rechargeable batteries

• Barcode scanner part of meter

• Training by manufacturer, onscreen and/or web-based

• Long strip expiration dates of 18-24 months

• Color touchscreen on meter

• No known clinical interferences

• No low hematocrit interference

• Meter surface cleanable by hospital cleaners such as Oxivir Tb

• Methodology: Multiwell, modified glucose oxidase

• Test results in 10 seconds or less.

• Sample size less than 2 ul

• Illustrate controls or critical results to look visibly different than normal patient results

• Includes 2 levels of quality control materials (low and high) and linearity materials

• Includes warranty to replace meters that malfunction

• Includes connectivity and computer software to manage WBG meters

• Software controls operator usage and locks out operators if beyond programmed date for training

• Software locks out meters that have not had quality control performed within designated timeframe

• Must provide 12 month or more reagent and control sequester.

• Sufficient number of participants in the CAP proficiency testing program to provide sufficient evaluation of performance

SCHEDULE

The contract shall cover the cost of the following: analyzers, service, reagents, consumables, computer control/database programs, and supplies.