6525--Ultrasound

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation set aside for SDVOSBs for commercial supplies prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a request for quotes under solicitation number: 36C26225Q1268

The Department of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822 has a requirement for Ultrasound. The Contractor shall furnish all supplies/services at The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System located in 5901 East 7th Street, BLDG 164, Room 170, Long Beach, CA 90822. Shipping term is FOB Destination. Shipping must be included in the unit cost.

NOTE: Potential offers must be aware that the items being acquired are procured as Brand Name or Equal. For those items that are “or equal”, a description of the salient characteristics is outlined below. It is offeror’s responsibility to demonstrate its offer meeting the salient physical and functional characteristics included in this solicitation. If the offer does NOT demonstrate, the offer will be considered non-responsive. The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure their submission demonstrates to the government that they can satisfy the requirement by providing the brand name or equal to the supplies being requested.

VAAR 852.212-71 Gray Market and Counterfeit Items applies on this acquisition. No remanufacturers or gray market items will be acceptable. Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM signed. The letter must either state specific product(s) quoted or that the quoter is an authorized distributor for all the manufacturer’s products. This letter must be on the manufacturer’s letterhead and contains the signature of an authorized official for the manufacturer.

Line Item

Description

Qty

UOM

0001

Sonosite PX Ultrasound System Part# L25100 or equivalent Ultrasound System

1

EA

0002

Ultrasound Transducer C-5 (5-1 Mhz) or equivalent large deep tissue curved probe for OB/ABD

1

EA

0003

Ultrasound Transducer L-19 (19- 5 Mhz) or equivalent small linear probe for vascular access

1

EA

0004

PX STAND or an equivalent stand for mobility (if applicable)

1

EA

The solicitation will be in accordance with FAR Part 12, 13, and 19, Acquisition of Commercial Items, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Small Business Programs, and Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations as supplemented with additional information in this notice. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334510, Size Standard 1,250 Employees. The Contractor shall adhere to all federal and state laws and regulations in effect during the term of this contract. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract. The Contract begins on the date of award.

There is a Non-Manufacturer Rule (NMR) waiver for 334510 - Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing, which includes medical ultrasound equipment based on SBA’s NMR Class Waiver databased published in June 2022. This can be verified on https://www.sba.gov/document/support-non-manufacturer-rule-class-waiver-list.

“System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.”

In advancement of Section 2 of Executive Order 14208, the removal of requirements related to Executive Order 14057 eliminates all non-statutory sustainability requirements or preferences in purchases of food service wares, including paper straws. In addition to removing requirements related to Executive Order 14057, the attachment also reflects recent updates to Code of Federal Regulation citations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s BioPreferred® Program, a statutory purchasing preference program.

Key solicitation milestones are: Submit any questions regarding this procurement via email to Hestia.Sim@va.gov no later than 10am Pacific Local Time Friday, August 1, 2025. No questions will be answered after this date/time unless determined to be in the best interest of the Government as determined by the Contracting Officer. Telephonic questions will not be accepted or returned. RFI responses will be responded to as necessary in amendment format which will be posted to contract opportunities at http://SAM.gov.

Due to time constraints, responses to the solicitation shall be due on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 10:00 Pacific Time. Offerors are advised that it is your responsibility to review and monitor the website frequently to ensure you have the most up to date information, including amendments. Correspondence or questions may be directed to Hestia Sim, Contracting Specialist at Hestia.Sim@va.gov with " 36C26225Q1268, Ultrasound” in the subject line within 48 hours of release of this notice. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. Inquiries after the allotted period may not be responded to due to the time constraints of the procurement. All offerors must be registered in www.sam.gov to do business with the Government. Ensure your registration is correct, current and has not expired.

The Limitation of Subcontracting VAAR 852.219-76 certification must be completed and returned in its entirety with the offer. VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance: To be eligible for evaluation and consideration for award, offerors must return the entire Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance clause containing a fully completed certification at the time offers are due or the offer will be rejected and not forwarded for evaluation. In addition to completing the offeror ‘fill-in’ requirements for this clause, offerors must insert the offeror’s name in the brackets containing the following verbiage “[Insert Name of Offeror]” to have a fully completed certification. Failure to submit a completed and signed certification with the offer will render the offer ineligible for award and will result in the offer not being considered. No exceptions will be made.

If you are a manufacturer: A manufacturer (the clause uses the term “other than a nonmanufacturer”) must ‘check’ paragraph (a)(1)(i) agreeing that it “will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs . . . or certified VOSBs” as listed in the SBA certification database. A manufacturer must also ‘check’ paragraph (a)(2)(i) to indicate that it is the manufacturer or producer of the end item being procured and that the end item is manufactured or produced in the United States. 

If you are a nonmanufacturer: A nonmanufacturer must ‘check’ paragraphs (a)(1)(ii), ALL appropriate boxes under (a)(2)(ii), AND (a)(2)(iii).