Durable Medical Equipment

Added: Aug 09, 2012 11:10 am

Durable Medical Equipment
Combined Synopsis Solicitation
August 9, 2012

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6. HSFEHQ-12-R-0044 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), to provide Durable Medical Equipment (DME) support of disaster support missions throughout the United States (CONUS)/outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) for The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This requirement is set aside for Small Businesses. The NAICS code is 423450. It is anticipated that multiple awards will result from this solicitation. FEMA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with a base period of performance of one year with four twelve month option periods.

FEMA's Acquisition Division has a requirement to provide Durable Medical Equipment (DME) to support and care for disaster survivors in shelters.

FEMA is pursuing a contract vehicle for procuring a completely kitted and packaged DME PUSH Kit, herein defined as "DM-PUSH".

Contractor(s) shall provide DM-PUSH, and/or individual DME listed on an ala carte basis, as requested by FEMA in both steady state to maintain stock levels, and for rapid deployment under emergency conditions.

BASIS FOR AWARD: The Government will make award to the responsible/responsive offeror whose offer will be most advantageous to the Government based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable processes. In order to be found technically acceptable, the offeror must be capable of providing the products as specified within the Statement of Work. The requirements detailed in this solicitation shall be used as criteria to evaluate offerors. The provision at FAR 52.212-1 "Instructions to Offerors--Commercial" applies to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-2 "Evaluation-Commercial Items" applies to price/technically acceptable factors. Offerors are to include a completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items" with their response or provide this information via the ORCA website, http://orca.bpn.gov. The following FAR clauses also apply: 52.212-4 "Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items and 52.212-5 "Contract Terms and Conditions required to implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items. FAR provision 52.217-9 also applies to this award. The aforementioned FAR provisions and clauses can be accessed electronically at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Inquiries can be e-mailed to Ms. Hobday at Toye.Hobday@dhs.gov no later than August 17, 2012 by 10:00 am EST. The solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation will be posted on the FedBizOpps web-page. The internet address for downloading the solicitation is http://fedbizopps.gov. Offerors are reminded that award can only be made to a Contractor who is registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the site to assure that they have the most up to date information regarding this solicitation.