Medical Services Mobile Cataract Surgery Support

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Erie, Pennsylvania requires a Contractor for cataract surgery for patients at the Erie VA Medical Center, which is located at 135 East 38 Street, Erie, PA  16504.  The Contractor shall provide the equipment, disposables, supplies, and surgical technician needed to perform these services.  Services will typically be scheduled for three to four times per month, with 6-9 surgical cases scheduled per surgery date, over the contract term at the Erie VAMC.

  Erie, PA VAMC has a need to continuously utilize cataract equipment rental and outsourcing services for cataract procedures. The minimum day charge applies when the contractor makes timely delivery of the equipment and supplies to the VAMC’s site on a schedule day. If the equipment and supplies are delivered to the VAMC’s site and equipment is inoperable for 60 minutes or more with the result that the designated surgeon must postpone surgical procedures, the contractor will forego the charge for that surgical procedure.

The general scope of the work the contractor will be performing is to supply the government (Erie VAMC) with a rental of mobile cataract equipment and a trained surgical technician to operate the cataract equipment and assist with room turnover (as needed) on specific scheduled days designated by the VAMC.  The trained surgical technician will bring the requested cataract equipment directly to the operating room at the VAMC for use in operative procedures.  It is expected that all requested cataract equipment will meet the inspection criteria of the VAMC BioMed Department. In addition to monitoring cataract equipment before and during procedures, the surgical technician shall serve for all associated supplies and accessories.