ATTACHMENT B - HOUSEKEEPING CARTS - PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.docx

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For

NON-EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT:

HOUSEKEEPING CARTS

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 HOUSEKEEPING CARTS product line as a candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) single Requirements contract award.

Housekeeping Carts are janitorial cleaning carts and caddies used to organize and transport industrial grade cleaning supplies such as chemical cleaning solutions, garbage bags, tools, scrub brushes, mops, buckets, brooms, and dust pans. These carts provide attachments to securely mount equipment such as mop buckets, recycling bags, and laundry bags.

The Contractor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for the solicitation. The objective is to provide Carts Housekeeping to be used by clinicians throughout the VA medical centers and facilities. The period of performance is for one (1) 12-month base period with four (4) twelve 12-month option periods.

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 Rubbermaid® Executive Suite Housekeeping Carts, which are manufactured by Rubbermaid Commercial Products, LLC.

For each 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. First, the SC table below shall be included in the beginning of the technical volume with a cross-reference column of the page number(s) identifying where in the quote that the requirement is met. Next, the quoter must 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 Housekeeping Carts as listed above or equal commodities which meet all of the following salient characteristics:

CLIN’s 0001-0002 and 0005-0009 apply to the following SC’s:

CLIN’s 0002, 0006-0007, and 0009 apply to the following SC’s:

CLIN’s 0005, 0007, and 0009 apply to the following SC’s:

CLINs 0023 – 0027 apply to the following SC’s:

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