6515--Centrella Beds

This Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs concerns the procurement of 25 Centrella Smart+ Beds from Hill-Rom to replace aging beds at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. The Medical Center requires beds that include Hill-Rom's proprietary technologies for incontinence management and contact-free continuous patient monitoring.

The purpose of the Special Notice is to notify potential contractors that the Medical Center seeks to award a firm-fixed price contract for the beds within 60 days. The beds must be model CNT-PAK355 from Hill-Rom and include additional required items like patient pendants, outlets, and handles. As Hill-Rom is the sole approved manufacturer of the proprietary technologies, only their authorized distributors Janz Corporation and DiSorb Systems, which are service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, are eligible to bid. The total value of the procurement action is $402,125 to fulfill the Medical Center's needs to upgrade and replace aging beds with new beds featuring proprietary patient sensing technologies.