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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Hemosphere Brand Name Only 80111 36C25918Q9693 07-27-2018 N 339112 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office

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6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111 Overton Spence overton.spence@va.gov Salt Lake City VA Medical Center 500 Foothill Dr Bldg 7 Salt Lake City, UT 84148

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overton.spence@va.gov Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25918Q9693 (Hemosphere Brand Name Only)

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.

* The deadline for all questions is 2:00pm MST, (Wednesday 25 July 2018) All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.

** Quotes are to be provided to (overton.spence@va.gov) no later than 9:00am MST, (Friday 27 July 2018).

(ii) This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25918Q9693 The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-97 effective January 24th, 2018.

(iv) The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is (339112) with a small business size standard of (1,000 Employees). This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for (Veteran Owned Small Business Concerns).

(v) List of Line Items;

GRAND TOTAL

(vi) Description of Requirements for the items to be acquired (salient characteristics);

Statement of Work The Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center has a requirement to replace end of life cycle monitors for the anesthesiology department and Intensive Care Unit. The requested monitors will allow the ability for both departments to use the same equipment and technology and allow the equipment to communicate with each other and between each department. The upgraded technology will also allow for consistency throughout the facility for the Left Ventricle Assist Device program currently being done in the facility. Clinicians can choose the clinical support screens that best suit their needs and monitor the pressures and blood flow of the heart as conditions change, informing potentially life-saving decisions on behalf of their patients Characteristics of the type of monitors that will meet the needs of the facility are as follows.

· Needs to be able to connect with hospital information systems via wired or wireless solutions, using HL7 standards.

· Needs to have hot swappable battery capability. This enables limited uninterrupted service and mobility.

· Needs to have touchscreen choice of screen options and brightly colored indicators communicate patient status at a glance.

· Needs to have adaptable modular design allows a broad range of working environments and applications.

· Scalable expansion modules

· Interchangeable cable ports

· Adaptive monitor placements

· Needs to weigh less than 10 pounds.

· Needs to have Windows 7 software, at least, embedded.

· Needs to have screen resolution of 1024 x 768 LCD

· Needs to be compatible with Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters and Edwards oximetry central venous catheters.

· Needs to be able to be used as a hemodynamic monitoring platform to monitor blood gases and cardiac function.

· Monitor needs to have graphic trend, tabular, physio-relationship and animated physiology so providers and medical professionals can monitor cardiac function of cardiac patients.

Scope The requirement is for a Firm Fixed Price award of the Hemoshpere system mentioned above. To be delivered to the George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 500 Foothill Drive, Bldg 7, Salt Lake City Utah 84148. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339113 and Product Service Code (PSC) 6515.

End of Statement Of Work

(vii) Delivery and acceptance is to be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at

George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center Salt Lake City VA Health Care System 500 Foothill Dr Bldg 7 Salt Lake City, UT 84148

(viii) 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL

(a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

(b) Contractor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM’s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

(c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA’s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.

(d) Descriptive literature must be provided IAW FAR 52.214-21 for item(s) which are considered to be equal to or better than the requirements listed.

(e) Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.

(f) State if quoted items are available and priced through contractors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.

(g) Contractors socioeconomic status must be verified in the VA Vendor Information Pages (VIP): https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Unverified contractors will be considered non-responsive.

(h) Contractors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the contractor making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.

(i) All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror’s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.

(j) All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The contractor shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Contractors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Any award made resulting from this solicitation will be made based on the best overall quote that is determined to be the best overall value to the Government, considering (I) Technical Capability and (II) price.

(k) Respondents to this announcement shall submit their quote on Contractors Letterhead in accordance with FAR 52.212-1. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical Capability (II) Price.

Volume I - Technical Capability

Under no circumstances shall any pricing be included in the Technical Capability. The contractor shall submit a Technical Capability narrative which shall address in detail how the offeror proposes to accomplish each requirement with all documents necessary to validate the technical requirements are met (or exceeded). Responding companies shall include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, etc.) confirming their ability to supply the products and services outlined in this request.

Volume II – Price

Complete the Price Schedule of Supplies/Services of this solicitation, with proposed contract line item prices inserted in appropriate spaces and detail/itemize the pricing or add additional line items, if applicable. For services quoted, include labor categories, labor rates, and number of hours by task.

The Government requires contractors to quote unit prices and total prices that are two (2) decimal places. The unit price multiplied by unit quantity must equal the total price for that line item.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

(ix) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS:

(a) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made based on the best overall quote that is determined to be the overall best value to the government. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-2, the criteria for evaluation is: (1) Technical Capability, (2) Price.

Technical Capability – The Government will evaluate quotes on the basis of whether or not the provided quote meets the technical capability specified in the Statement of Work. Technical Capability shall consist of meeting or exceeding the requirements in the Statement of Work.

Price – The Government will evaluate offers by adding all line item prices - the Total of All CLINS will be that sum. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability requirements of the statement of work shall not be selected regardless of price.

Options (if requested); The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s)

(b) All quotes shall be subject to evaluation by Government personnel. The Government intends to award without discussions based upon the initial evaluation of quotes. Consequently, contractors are highly encouraged to quote their best non-price and pricing quotes in their initial submissions. However, the Government reserves the right to communicate with any or all contractors submitting a quote, if it is determined advantageous to the Government to do so. If these communications take place, the Government is not obligated to communicate with every contractor (note that FAR Part 15 procedures do not apply; therefore, formal discussions are not applicable). All contractors will be treated fairly and impartially. A contractor may be eliminated from consideration without further communication if its non-price and/or pricing quotes are not among those contractors considered most advantageous to the Government based on a best value determination.

(c) All Offerors are advised that, in the interest of efficiency, the Government reserves the right to conduct the review in the most effective manner. Specifically, the Government may first sort the quotes of all Offerors by price from lowest price to the highest. Thereafter, the Government will review the Technical Capability of the lowest priced quote only. If the lowest priced Offeror’s Technical Capability is determined to be acceptable and meets the requirements, the Government may make award to that Offeror without further reviews of the remaining Offerors’ Technical Capability. If the lowest priced Offeror’s Technical Capability is determined to not meet the requirement, then the Government may review the Technical Capability next lowest priced quote, and so forth and so on, until the Government reaches a quote that is determined to meet the Technical Capability requirements.

(d) Quotes that merely restate the requirement or state that the requirement shall be met, without providing supporting rationale, are not sufficient. Contractors are cautioned that the award may not necessarily be made to the contractor quoting the lowest price, or to the contractor with the most highly technical quote. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced quote, if the Government determines that a price premium is warranted due to the merits of one or more of the non-price factors.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)

(x) Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, with the offer.

(xi) 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items – applies to this acquisition

(xii) 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference;

(xiii) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions:

52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/

The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference:

The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference:

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html (FAR) http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/index.asp (VAAR)

The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

The following VAAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference:

(xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.

(xv) Date and Time offers are due to (Overton.spence@va.gov) by 9:00am MST, (Friday 27 July 2018).

(xvi) Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:

(Overton.spence@va.gov) (Overton Spence)