6515--Patient Ceiling Lift System

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 is soliciting bids for the supply, installation, and maintenance of patient ceiling lift systems (NAICS 339113, PSC 6515) at Hampton VA Medical Center. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside requiring the installation of 112 ceiling lift units across six facility locations with lifting capacities of 650-850 pounds, motorized ceiling-mounted tracks, integrated patient scales, and associated control modules. Key contract requirements include certified installation with Virginia-stamped structural drawings, removal of 106 existing lift systems, three-year warranties on parts and labor with five-year battery warranties, compliance with VA Patient Safety Alert AL14-07 and ISO 10535 standards, and annual preventative maintenance during the warranty period. Evaluation will be based on technical capability (equipment specifications and design compliance), past performance (minimum three years of similar installations including at least one VA reference), and price, with award to the firm offering the best overall value. The original quote submission deadline was March 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST, with technical questions due by March 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST; however, subsequent amendments extended the overall solicitation closure date to March 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST, and a mandatory site visit was scheduled for February 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM EST.

This procurement is designated as an SDVOSB set-aside with no incumbent contractor identified in the solicitation documents. The total requirement encompasses 112 ceiling lift systems with motors, lift modules, scales, and support equipment across multiple departments including 4-East (7 units), ICU (2 units), Clinical Learning Center (46 units), Palliative Care (7 units), Physical Therapy Gyms (3 units), and Spinal Cord Injury department (50 units), with the contract requiring completion of installation, deinstallation of existing systems, five days of education training, and biomedical technician training within the performance period. The scope also includes certified installation of 117 lift systems, removal of 117 existing systems, Virginia-certified engineer-stamped drawings, and compliance with Level II Infection Control Risk Assessment measures for most areas and Level III ICRA measures for ICU installations. The place of performance is Hampton VA Medical Center, 100 Emancipation Drive, Hampton, VA 23667, with the Contracting Officer's Representative identified as Dawn Knox and the primary facility contact as Anthony Boskovic-Sceusa (757-778-3293); no specific award value or budget range was disclosed in the solicitation documents.