Home Oxygen Equipment Rental/Services

This is a sources sought posting; any firm that believes that it can provide the requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Office. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining whether a socioeconomic set-aside is feasible for the scope of this contract. The Veterans Administration is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) concerns, if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set-aside. If insufficient veteran-owned or small business responses are received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation, then the action will be advertised for full and open competition.

All inquiries and concerns should be sent by email to Gregory.Burgess@va.gov. Interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by FBO posting or e-mail. The Government anticipates an award date on or around 03 October 2013. The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System intends to negotiate a long term base plus 4 option year requirements type contract with firm fixed pricing for home oxygen services. Contractor will provide services to approximately 960 patients per month. This contract will provide services to the following counties, surrounding the Pittsburgh area: Ohio counties: Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull, and Muskingum. Pennsylvania counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland, Venango. West Virginia counties: Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler. Maryland counties: Garrett.

The services associated with this contract include: All logistical/administrative functions involved with the day to day operation of providing the service to the Veteran and their families, including furnishing warehouse space, surplus supplies and in home respiratory therapy visits. This includes providing a Quality Control Plan (QC) plan that is overseen by the Prosthetics Quality Assurance Evaluators (QAE), coordinating and managing patient care, deliveries consisting of pickup and delivery of supplies, briefing patient on proper use of equipment, documenting use of supplies and inspection of home in accordance with Joint Commission (JC) standards concerning patient use/safety of home oxygen.

The need includes providing in home supplies such as the following: CPAP/BIPAP machines and replacement parts; Concentrator (Rental) with two broad categories' of flow rates and replacement parts; various cylinder sizes (rental) to provide oxygen [Ex. A (smallest)-E (largest)] and replacement parts; Oxysafe Firesafe Cannula; Procurement/Distribution of two types of oxygen and backup/spare parts; Nasal Cannula/Masks and replacement parts; Portable oxygen systems (used when a Veteran travels); Delivery of VA owned equipment to include setup (CPAP/BiPAP/Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC)/Oxysafe Firesafe Cannula).

Responses to this Sources Sought notice must include: 1) Company Name, 2) Point of Contact, 3) Address, 4) Telephone, 5) E-mail address, and 6) Type of Business such as SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Business, Hub-Zone, 8(a), large business, etc. Responses along with capability statement should be e-mailed to Gregory.Burgess@va.gov by 06 March 2013.