6525--SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM BRAND NAME ONLY CS: Maureen Sundstrom

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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This is a Brand Name Only Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C26023Q0848. The Government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price supply order from this solicitation.

This is a solicitation for Sonosite PX Ultrasound System. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-04 Effective June 2, 2023.

This solicitation is 100% set-aside for SDVOSB. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334517, with a small business size standard of 1200 employees and the PSC is 6525.

All interested companies shall provide quotations, that are Brand name only to Sonosite for the following:

Equipment Needed:

Sonosite PX Ultrasound System

Quantity

Part Number

Description

Price

1

L25100

Sonosite PX Ultrasound System

1

L23120

Transducer, L15-4

1

L25110

Sonosite PX Stand

1

P21894

Sonosite PX user guide

1

P25393

Sonosite PX Service Manual

1

Sonosite Institute for Point-of-Care Ultrasound education 100 Hours

Salient Characteristics: The equipment must meet the following

General System and Stand Specifications

Stand Dimensions

(footprint width x depth)

28.3 inches x 28.3 inches

720 mm x 720 mm

Height Maximum

(system and stand)

65 inches/1650 mm

monitor raised

Height Minimum

(system and stand)

42.2 inches/1072 mm

monitor lowered

Height Adjustment Range

9.8 inches/249 mm

Work Surface Adjusts

Monitor Angle

Work Surface Angle

0 to 140 degrees

15 degrees from horizontal

55 degrees from horizontal

Weight (system and stand)

85.1 lbs/38.6 kg

System Controls

Touch panel and physical buttons

Touch Panel Controls Size

10 inches x 5.7 inches

256 mm x 145 mm

Clinical Monitor

Monitor Size

Display Size

Image Size

15.6 inches/396 mm

13.5 inches x 7.6 inches

344 mm x 194 mm

8.1 inches x 6.1 inches

207 mm x 155 mm

Screen Resolution

(minimum)

Display Size

Image Size

1920 x 1080 pixels

1152 x 864 pixels

Transducer Connections

(system and stand)

(3) Transducer ports

Liquid Ingress Protection

Rating (system only)

IP22

Immersion Rating

(transducers)

IPX7

Operating System

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

2019 LTSC

Architecture

Digital broadband

Dynamic Range

Up to 183 dB

Gray Scale

256 shades

HIPAA Compliance

FIPS199, FIPS200, and

NIST 800-53

User Interface

Physical Buttons: Time Gain Compensation (TGC),

gain wheel, auto gain, depth, select, update, touchpad,

annotations, calculations, caliper, image save, clip save,

freeze, color, M-Mode, Doppler, 2D

Touch Panel: Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen

Display Formats for Duplex Imaging: 1/3 and 2/3, 1/2 and

1/2, 2/3, and 1/3, side by side, and full screen duplex

Doppler Controls: Doppler Mode (PW, CW, and TDI),

angle, steer, scale, baseline, invert, sweep speed, power,

wall filter, sample volume, auto trace, gain, and volume

Image Modes

2D Broadband Imaging, Tissue Harmonic Imaging, Pulse

Inversion Harmonic Imaging, B-Mode, M-Mode,

Color Velocity Doppler (CVD), Color Power Doppler

(CPD), Color Variance Mode, Pulsed Wave Doppler (PW),

Pulsed Wave Doppler Simultaneous, Tissue Doppler

Imaging (TDI), Continuous Wave Doppler (CW)

Image Processing

Sonosite proprietary speckle reduction algorithm,

SonoADAPT Imaging Technology, SonoMB Multi-beam

Technology, dual imaging, Time Gain Compensation

(TGC), AutoGain, restore default gains, dynamic range,

duplex imaging, Triplex, 8x live zoom, Write zoom

Cine Processing: Dynamic range

Cine Processing: Zoom

2D Image Optimization: Resolution/General/Penetration

(Res/Gen/Pen), Color Doppler flow optimization, color

variance mode, color compare, 2D sector control

(steerable), output power control

Needle Profiling

(Auto Steep Needle Profiling available on these

transducers and exams)

C5-1: Musculoskeletal, Nerve, Spine

L19-5: Arterial, Musculoskeletal, Nerve, Superficial,

Venous

L12-3: Arterial, Breast, Musculoskeletal, Nerve,

Superficial, Venous

L15-4: Arterial, Breast, Musculoskeletal, Nerve,

Superficial, Venous

Needle Guide Starter Kits: C5-1, IC10-3, L19-5, L12-3,

L15-4

Measurements

2D: Distance (10 measurements), area, circumference,

ellipse, manual trace, volume, target depth, angle

Doppler: Velocity, velocity pair, slope, time, manual trace,

auto trace, heart rate, resistive index, pulsatility index,

systolic/diastolic ratio, volume flow, velocity time integral,

TAM, TAP

Automatic Trace Results (determined by exam type):

Velocity time integral, peak systolic velocity, end diastolic

velocity, mean diastolic velocity, resistive index, pulsatility

index, TAP, gate depth, systolic/diastolic ratio, velocity

max, velocity mean, pressure gradient max, pressure

gradient mean

Editable results data sheets and reports

Data Management and Connectivity

System and Stand: Wifi, Ethernet port, 1080p digital

video output compatible with 1080p displays, (4) USB

2.0 ports, (2) USB 3.0 ports, (1) dedicated USB port

for printer

System Only: (2) USB 3.0 ports

ECG connector

Storage capacity alert

Auto delete function

IPv4 and IPv6 networking

Supports automatic time reconciliation with a time server

Wireless Solutions

2.4 GHz and/or 5 GHz Wireless: 802.11 (A, B, G, N, and

AC networking)

Key Management Protocols: WEP64, WEP128, WPA/

WPA2 (personal and enterprise)

DICOM Workflow Management

Store for images, clips, and structured reports, media

storage (USB export), storage commitment, modality

worklist, Modality Performed Procedure Step (MPPS)

Data Security

System meets Federal Information Processing

Standards (FIPS) for moderate security control

selections per FIPS199, FIPS200, and NIST 800-53

Secure boot

User and role based authentication

LDAP support

Security Policies: Open, WEP, Radius, WPA, WPA2

Complex password rules support

Federal System Use Notification support

Emergency mode support

Secure DICOM communication support

Data Encryption for Data at Rest: FIPS 140-2 validated

encryption algorithms

Data Encryption for Data in Transit: FIPS 140-2 validated

encryption algorithms

System wide white-listing

Hardened operating system and services

System firewall

MDS2 located on Sonosite.com

Stand Includes

Adjustable stand head, input/output connections, (4)

transducer holders, Triple Transducer Connect, cable

management system, dual gel holder, wipes holder,

storage bin, lockable drawer, cord wrap, power cord

Casters: (4) independent locking wheels

Warranty

Sonosite offers an industry-leading, 5-year standard

warranty on most ultrasound systems and Sonosite manufactured

transducers to ensure your equipment is

protected. Learn more on sonosite.com

Supported Languages

System User Interface Languages: English, French,

German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese

* When Sonosite PX is used on the stand.

** Protected against water immersion for 30 minutes at a depth

of up to 1 meter.

Off the stand, Sonosite PX has (2) USB 3.0 ports.

Place of Delivery:

Delivery address:

Portland VA Medical Center

Vancouver Warehouse BLDG 2

1601 E Fourth Plain Blvd.

Vancouver, WA 98661

F.O.B. Destination is the preferred delivery within 30-45 days after placing the order. All deliveries will be coordinated with the Portland VAMC Point of Contact.

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items ,

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL

52.204-7

System for Award Management (OCT 2018) [all solicitations except when conditions at FAR 4.1102(a) apply] Alternate I (OCT 2018) [when contract is awarded without providing full & open competition due to unusual or compelling urgency, FAR 4.1102(a)(5)

52.204-16

Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020)

52.212-3

Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products

52.225-2

Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83)

52.233-3

Service of Protest (SEPT 2006)

(a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e., replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

(b) Offeror shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e., replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

(c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.

(d) Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.

(e) Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contractors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.

(f) All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments, or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.

(g) All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

2. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items : The Government may award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. In accordance with FAR 9.104-2, the special standards of responsibility described below apply to this procurement. Offerors who fail to meet any special standards of responsibility will not be eligible to receive contract award. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Special Standards of Responsibility: (Per FAR 9.104-2) The following special standards of responsibility apply to this procurement:

SP1: Offeror must be a manufacturer authorized provider for the items provided. A letter from the manufacturer stating such must be included with any response to this solicitation.

1. Price

(a) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offeror's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

10. Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer if has not been completed on SAM.gov. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/content in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

3. All Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses must be registered/certified with the U.S Small Business Administration at Veteran Small Business Certification ( https://veterans.certify.sba.gov ).

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

12. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (OCT 2018)

ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-4 The following clauses are included as a part of the addendum:

52.204-13

System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)

52.204-18

Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020)

52.222-19

Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (DEC 2022)

52.232-40

Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013)

VAAR clauses:

852.203-70

Commercial Advertising

852.212-71

Gray Market Items

852.219-73

VA Notice of Total Set-Aside for Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

852.232-72

Electronic Submission of Payment Requests.

852.242-71

Administrative Contracting Officer

852.246-71

Rejected Goods

852.247-71

Delivery Location

852.247-73

Packing for Domestic Shipment

4. The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference;

52.204-10

Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

52.209-6

Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (JUN 2020) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

52.219-28

52.219-27

Post Award Small Business Program Representation (MAY 2020) (15 U.S.C 632(a)(2))

Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (OCT 2022)

52.222-3

Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755)

52.222-21

Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015)

52.222-26

Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246)

52.222-36

Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793)

52.222-50

Combating Trafficking in Persons (JAN 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627)

52.223-18

Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) (E.O. 13513)

52.225-1

Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83)

52.225-13

Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (FEB 2021)

52.232-33

Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (Jul 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332)

5. There are no additional contract requirements, terms or conditions.

6. Quotes must be emailed to Maureen.Sundstrom@va.gov and received no later than 3:00 PM PST on 07/26/2023. Quotes may be submitted on this document or the vendor s own form and must include the completed Buy American Certificate 52.225-2, and if not the manufacturer, an authorized distributor letter. Any offer that does not provide the supporting documentation will be considered non-responsive.

No late quotations will be accepted. The Government intends to make award without discussions.

7. For information regarding the solicitation, please contact Maureen Sundstrom at Maureen.Sundstrom@va.gov.

A.1 52.225-2 BUY AMERICAN CERTIFICATE (OCT 2022)

(a)(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select no .

(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4) The terms commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, critical component, domestic end product, end product, and foreign end product are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled Buy American Supplies.

(b) Foreign End Products:

Line item No.

Country of origin

Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

[List as necessary]

(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line item No.

[List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(End of Provision)