6515--Stryker Surgical Drills- Shreveport, LA

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 seeks Stryker surgical power systems and related equipment for the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, with quotations due June 1 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time and questions due May 26. This is a Total Small Business Set Aside.

Place of performance is Building 1 Warehouse at 510 E Stoner Ave, Shreveport, LA 71101. The procurement is a combined synopsis and RFQ (36C25626Q0766) issued under FAR Part 12 for commercial products, incorporating provisions and clauses through FAC 2026-01. NAICS code is 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing) with a size standard of 800 employees; PSC is 6515.

The requirement encompasses 19 line items: Stryker System 9 Modular Power Systems, TPX High-Speed Drill attachments, surgical drills, consoles, handpieces, rotary and reciprocating saws, collets, chucks, and sterilization containers. Market research identified Stryker Sales, LLC (manufacturer), Beacon Point (SDVOSB), and Trillamed LLC (SDVOSB) as sources; competing products from DePuy Synthes and Zimmer Biomet were rejected due to corded systems, non-sterile batteries, incompatibility with existing attachments valued over $200,000, and inadequate ergonomic specifications. Stryker equipment features a dual-trigger mechanism and lightweight 580-gram handpiece versus competitors' 780-gram units, plus fully sterilizable battery technology reducing infection risk.

Delivery must occur within 30 days after order receipt; in-servicing and training for operating room, sterile processing, and biomedical engineering staff must be completed within 60 days. Evaluation is Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA), starting with the lowest-priced quotation and proceeding to others only if the lowest is deemed technically unacceptable. The government reserves the right to make multiple awards on a line-item basis. Payment is third-party, with invoices submitted electronically per VAAR Clause 852.232-72. The solicitation incorporates Buy American requirements and standard FAR clauses.