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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For

NON-EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT:

Waste Disposable Units

Prepared By:

Strategic Acquisition Center Department of Veterans Affairs 10300 Spotsylvania Avenue, Suite 400 Fredericksburg, VA 22408

1. SCOPE OF WORK:

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Non-Expendable Equipment National Program has identified the Waste Disposable Unit product line as a candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) single Requirements contract award.

Waste Disposable Units are leakproof, sealed units which may consist of a hard plastic or metal structure with a mechanism to transport surgical waste materials. These surgical waste management devices collect and dispose of surgical fluid waste as well as collect smoke generated from electrocautery or laser devices.

The Contractor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for the solicitation. The Period of Performance will be from date of award for a base period of 12 months with two (2) 12- month option periods. The contractor will be required to deliver Waste Disposal Units to VHA facilities throughout the United States, U.S. Territories, Guam, and the Philippines. Delivery requirements shall be specified under each individual order.

2. REQUIREMENT

This requirement will be IAW FAR clause 52.211-6, “Brand Name or Equal” which requires the quoter indicate that each product being offered as an “equal” product to the Stryker, Neptune® Waste Disposable Units. For each equal product, the offeror must include a description reflecting the salient characteristics (SC) and level of quality that will satisfy the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics of the equal product(s) specified in the solicitation. The quoter must also clearly identify the item by brand name (if any) and make/model number. Finally, the quoter must include descriptive literature, such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the contracting officer, and clearly describe any modifications it plans to make to a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking vendors who can provide Stryker, Neptune® Waste Disposable Units as listed above or equal commodities which meet all of the following salient characteristics:

CLIN 0001 apply to the following SC’s:

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