6515--Purchase and Installation of Ultrasonic Washer

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 16, is soliciting offers for purchase and installation of an ultrasonic washer disinfector system capable of processing DaVinci robotic surgical instruments, with quotes due July 10 at 3:00 PM Central Time. The procurement is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, restricting competition to SDVOSB firms registered and verified on SAM.gov and with the Small Business Administration at the time of proposal submission.

Place of performance is the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital at 4300 West 7th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. The equipment shall provide high-pressure flushing with intermediate-level thermal disinfection for surgical instruments, including complex lumen/cannulated devices. The contractor must provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, and supervision for onsite delivery, installation, system startup, sanitization, customer training, verification sampling, and equipment quality assurance checks. Work is performed during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays; after-hours work requires advance approval from the contracting officer and point of contact.

The base period of performance runs 60 days after receipt of order, commencing July 22 and ending September 30. The contract vehicle is firm-fixed-price. NAICS code is 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), and PSC code is 6515. Offerors must submit three separate volumes addressing technical capability, pricing, and delivery schedule, along with a completed VAAR 852.219-76 Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products. Proposals remain valid for 90 calendar days. Payment is by electronic funds transfer in arrears at 60 days after receipt of order.