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36C10G25R0030 NX EQ STERILIZATION UNITS STEAM

36C10G25R0030 NX EQ STERILIZATION UNITS STEAM

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center

10300 Spotsylvania Ave | STE 400 Fredericksburg VA 22408-2697

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Lisa Thompson Lisa.thompson10@va.gov 720-793-5907

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

POSTAL CODE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

DESCRIPTION

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Brand Name or Equal Commercial Products prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 36C10G25R0030 is issued for this combined synopsis/solicitation; this solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under the agency's implementation of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul, as adopted through agency class deviation. All applicable provisions, clauses, definitions, and procedures are those contained in the Overhaul text and the agency's implementation deviations. In the event of a conflict with the codified FAR, the adopted Overhaul text governs. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul

Requirement Description:

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Non-Expendable Equipment (NX) National Program has identified the Sterilization Units Steam product line as candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) single Requirement’s contract award.

A single award Requirements contract will be awarded in accordance with all terms, conditions, provisions, specifications, and schedule of this solicitation herein. Proposals shall contain the terms for cost/price and technical capabilities of the band name or equal equipment. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339113 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing and the associated size standard is 1000 employees. This procurement action is issued with Full and Open Competition.

This acquisition is for a single-award Firm-Fixed Price Requirements contract in accordance with FAR Subpart 16.5 for Steris brand name or equal Sterilization Units Steam and related equipment and accessories as identified in ATTACHMENT A – NX EQ STERILIZATION UNITS STEAM PRICE COST SCHEDULE and product description below.

The ordering period is for one base year with four 12-month option periods. Delivery is FOB destination, CONUS and OCONUS. Firm-Fixed Price Orders will be placed against this contract in writing and will provide the delivery locations, delivery dates and exact quantities.

The FAR provision at 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition including attached addenda to the provision.

The FAR provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the specific evaluation criteria as attached addenda also applies to this acquisition.

Clause at 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

All interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting a proposal. You may access SAM at https://sam.gov/SAM/.

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM. Questions regarding this combined synopsis/solicitation are due via e-mail by 11:59 PM ET on April 10, 2026 to Lisa Thompson at Lisa.thompson10@va.gov, and Contracting Officer, Jessica Smith at Jessica.Smith34@va.gov. No calls will be accepted.

Proposals are due via e-mail by 11:59 PM ET on May 1, 2026 to Lisa Thompson at Lisa.thompson10@va.gov, and Contracting Officer, Jessica Smith at Jessica.Smith34@va.gov.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

1. SCOPE OF WORK:

Sterilizing Units: Steam use pressurized steam to generate moist heat to eliminate viable microbes from non-heat-sensitive medical devices, including heat-tolerant products used for surgical and general patient care. Steam Sterilization kills microbes effectively and is often viewed as the gold standard of healthcare Sterilization methods. Typical items to be sterilized include surgical instrument packs, surgical implants, irrigation fluids, devices intended for and used by patients in isolation, and obstetric and dental instruments.

The Contractor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for the solicitation. The objective is to provide Sterilizing Units: Steam to be used by clinicians throughout the VA medical centers and facilities. VA estimates the following quantities during the 60-months ordering period. The ordering period is for one base year with four 12-month option years:

The following Contract Line Items are being considered:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking vendors who can provide Steris STERILIZATION UNITS STEAM system or equal as listed above or equal commodities which meet all of the salient characteristics listed below. Vendors may quote any product solution or configuration so long as they meet the salient characteristics. Products quoted in the technical volume must be captured on the Vendor’s pricing volume (Attachment A, Price Cost Schedule) of the solicitation. Vendors may quote any additional ancillary products which they deem to be essential to the functionality of the proposed solution; these items must be captured in the Vendor’s pricing volume with a quantity of zero.

The following SCs apply to CLINs 0001-0590

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Evaluation Sub-factors

Safety Safety features and functions of the offered equipment will be evaluated. Areas may include but are not limited to the following:

· Power door safety features

· Maintenance reminders

· Number and type of Alarms

Design Design features and functions of the offered equipment will be evaluated. Areas may include but are not limited to the following:

· Control system user interface screen features and ease of use

· Equipment monitoring system

· Automated loading and unloading capability

· Ergonomics and ease of use

· Number and type of programable cycles

Performance Equipment will be evaluated for its ability to perform its intended function. Areas may include but are not limited to:

· Total Cycle Time

· DIN instrument tray capacity

· Maximum weight of instruments and or sets per load

· Maximum number of fabric packs per load

· Maximum number of liquid containers per load

· Capability of remote monitoring

· Cleaning Requirements

Quality/Construction Aspects of the construction and quality of material of the equipment will be evaluated and may include but not limited to:

· Terms and conditions of Warranty

· Maintenance Requirements

· Door gaskets

· Chamber material

· Terms and conditions of Service program

For each product (brand name and part number), the response must include descriptive literature demonstrating the product meets or exceeds the salient characteristics (SC) specified above.

The Government's intent is to include all ancillary items to ensure the equipment can function as designed by the OEM and as clinically required. Products quoted in the technical volume must be captured on the Vendor’s pricing volume (Attachment A, Price Cost Schedule) of the solicitation.