Biomed/Safe Patient Handling - Patient Lifts for CT Room 1D252 1D244

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 21, seeks to procure ceiling patient lift systems with track and infrastructure installation for two CT rooms (1D252 and 1D244) at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in North Las Vegas. The primary equipment specified is a Guldmann 4x4 Meter B Rail Room Covering System with 770-pound lifting capacity, including design, installation, and clinical training. Key requirements include automatic hands-free dynamic body weight support with real-time fall protection, minimum lifting speeds of 2.2 inches per second at maximum load, wireless Wi-Fi connectivity for remote monitoring, internal Class III scales, and seamless dual-rail transitions. The supplier must be a manufacturer with over 40 years of patient lift manufacturing experience, no FDA recalls, UL certification, and must provide minimum three-year warranties on lift units and five-year warranties on batteries. Additional mandatory qualifications include complimentary end-user training for all shifts and one week annually of Clinical Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) training for five years. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice and Sources Sought opportunity posted on February 18, 2026, with responses due by February 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM PST to jason.olliff@va.gov, limited to 10 double-sided pages.

No set-aside designation has been applied to this procurement. The Government has not identified potential incumbents or current contractors in the available documentation. Specific award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the pre-solicitation notice. The project encompasses two identical lift systems and requires installation to begin six to eight weeks after purchase order receipt, with work scheduled during normal daytime hours (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday-Friday). The contractor bears responsibility for all design, materials, labor, installation, electrical hardwiring connections, infection control compliance, equipment cleaning, training delivery, and provision of two sets of technical and clinical manuals. Payment will be made in four quarterly installments in arrears upon submission of properly itemized invoices, with no advance payments authorized.