6530--FY25: Centrella and Compella Beds for Hemodialysis at VACHS

The Department of Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System, Network Contracting Office 8, has issued a special notice announcing its intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Baxter/Hill-ROM for specialized hospital beds. The contract will procure 13 Centrella beds and 1 Compella bed specifically for hemodialysis use at their Puerto Rico facility. The notice is classified under NAICS code 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing) with PSC Code 6530, and the contracting authority is FAR part 8.405-6 (1)(B). The anticipated contract is structured as a commodities contract with a 180-day delivery timeline after receipt of order. This is not a competitive solicitation but rather a notice of the agency's intent to proceed with a sole source procurement.

The purpose of this special notice is to justify the sole source procurement based on the unique safety qualifications of the specified beds, which have successfully passed all entrapment risk tests conducted by the Safe Patient Handling and Movement Program Manager. Baxter/Hill-ROM has provided an exclusivity letter confirming their status as the sole provider of these particular bed models for Puerto Rico. Any interested parties wishing to challenge this sole source determination must submit clear and convincing evidence demonstrating that competition would be advantageous to the government by September 2, 2025, at 1:00 PM EST. Responses must be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Darrin Alexander at darrin.alexander2@va.gov. The notice emphasizes that no solicitation package is available and explicitly states this is not a request for competitive proposals or offers.