Delivery of Ultra sound machine and transducer

Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source
The Regional Health Contracting Office - Central intends to issue a sole-source contract to United Hospital Services (UHS) to provide the lease of a Flex Focus 800 Ultra Sound System and Lease of a Prostate Triplane 8818 Transducer with specific delivery objectives for William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, TX.
Delivery Objectives
• Routine Delivery/Pick-up/Set up (Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM): Requires delivery and pick up in person by a qualified technician within 24 hours of request. Technician must be present during the inspection by medical maintenance, deliver and set up the equipment in the Urology Clinic, pick up the equipment at the end of the duty day, and check out with Medical Maintenance
• Emergency Delivery/Pick-up/Set up (Sunday-Monday, 24 hours, 7 days a week): Requires delivery and pick up in person by a qualified technician within 8 hours of request. Technician must be present during the inspection by medical maintenance, deliver and set up the equipment in the area specified by the requestor, pick up the equipment as directed by requestor, and check out with Medical Maintenance
• Equipment Maintenance: Requires a two hour response time by a qualified technician if equipment malfunctions or goes down while in use.
The sole-source contract will have a final date of 30 September 2020; Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract and 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, will also be included in the contract to be used if necessary. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 334510 and the Federal Supply Code (FSC) is 6515. The SBA size standard is 1,250 employees.
The solicitation number is W81K00-18-T-M083, and is generated for the purposes of posting this notice of intent and the final Justification and Approval (J & A) document. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. All responses received, to include capability statements, by 10 September 2018 (10:00AM MST) will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the interim purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Point of contact are Kathryn Cortes, Contract Specialist, at Kathryn.r.cortes.civ@mail.mil.