J065--FY21: Steris Equipment Maintenance and Repair

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLICIT ONLY TWO SDVOSB SOURCES

FY21: Steris Equipment maintenance and repair

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. This is a notice of intent to solicit only to 1st American Medical Distributor s, Inc. and Sustainment Technologies, LLC for preventative maintenance and repair support for STERIS Equipment. The systems are located at the C. W. Bill Young V.A. Medical Center (Bay Pines VAHCS) and the Lee County Medical Center in Cape Coral. Services include all labor, transportation, diagnostic software, proprietary parts, and minor supplies (lubricants, cleaner, etc.) required to perform preventative maintenance and repairs on STERIS sterilizers. This includes the Contractor s field service engineer responding by Phone within 2 hours and responding onsite within 48 hours to correct the problem. The system preventive maintenance and repair includes all portions of the system, and any attached accessories. Vendor will have access to proprietary information needed to access service mode data, and codes. Software upgrades will be scheduled and performed during normal working hours, at no additional charge to the VA. The contractor must have trained personnel within a 100-mile radius of Bay Pines, Florida, with an adequate spare parts inventory in some area office and proof of manufacturer s or equivalent maintenance training of field service personnel.

Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501, the Contracting Officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem that only two sources being reasonably available to meet the Government's needs. A determination not to compete this proposed contract is based on market research and is solely within the discretion of the government.

Classification Code: J065

NAICS: 811219

Period of Performance: March 31, 2021 through March 30, 2022, with four, one-year options.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed and an authorized distributor letter signed by STERIS must also be submitted. Any responses received by February 2, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern will be considered by the Government. If the Department of Veterans Affairs does not receive an acceptable response to this announcement by the afore mentioned date, in accordance with FAR 13.501, efforts to obtain these services will be continued with 1st American Medical Distributor s, Inc. and Sustainment Technologies, LLC. A fixed priced contract will be issued without any additional notices being posted.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No cost to the government will arise as a result of contractor submissions of responses to this announcement or the government use of such information. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response.

Interested parties may e-mail cynthia.pace@va.gov no later than February 2, 2021, 12:00 PM Eastern.