Durable Medical Equipment

Durable Medical Equipment

This is a pre-solicitation notice for a commercial acquisition using FAR parts 12. THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. VENDORS SHOULD NOT SUBMIT FORMAL PROPOSALS UNTIL THE RFP IS POSTED TO THIS WEBSITE. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for the information resulting from this posting.



VISN 4 - VA Butler (VABHS) and Pittsburgh (VAPHS) Healthcare System have an ongoing requirement for Home Durable Medical Equipment Services to Veteran patients located throughout surrounding Pennsylvania counties. Deliveries and pickups shall be made within the following geographic jurisdictions of the VABHS and VAPHS: Pennsylvania Counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Fayette, Forest, Jefferson, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland; Ohio Counties: Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, and Jefferson, a small portion of eastern Ohio (Youngstown and surrounding area); and two West Virginia Counties: Hancock and Marshall. Minimal deliveries may be required to, Greene County in Pennsylvania, and Monroe and Brook counties in West Virginia. The contractor shall provide all supplies, materials, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, infection control, storage, cleaning, delivery, sanitization, assembly/set-up, repair, pick-up and patient training/instruction-in-the-use of Government-owned Home Durable Medical Equipment (DME). The patients under this contract are served by VISN 4 VABHS, located at 325 New Castle Road, Butler, PA 16001-2480, and VAPHS, located at 1010 Delafield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15215-1802. Contractor will provide emergency maintenance, replacement, or backup equipment when necessary 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week, including holidays. The area of service shall be all patients serviced by the VISN 4 Butler Healthcare, including surrounding areas, regardless of where Patient resides. Should a Veteran(s) be located within a zone that is not listed for that particular VA Hospital, but is within a zone listed through a separate VA Hospital, the Government reserves the right to purchase the services from the contractor awarded the contract for the zone that the Veteran resides in.



The procurement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code for this requirement will be 621610 with a size standard of $15 million. Any resultant contract will be effective for a time period not to exceed five (5) years at the Government's discretion. Services will be at such times and in such quantities as required, FOB destination.



The Government intends to award a firm fixed price IDIQ contract in accordance with all terms, conditions and provisions. The Request for Proposal will be based on the best overall proposal with consideration given to the stated evaluation factors, and to those offerors who provide all information required to be submitted.



It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal will be posted to this site on or around July 24, 2015. Offerors should continue to monitor FBO for the RFP and any subsequent Amendments to that RFP. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED