Mobile CT Scanner

***THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND UPDATES ARE APPLIED TO THIS AMENDMENT***

1. This amendment withdraws the unrestricted status and changes the solicitation to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business set aside. The NAICS is also changed from 621493 to 621512.
 
2. Period of Performance: The intended start date is December 2017. This can be coordinated with project officer, Jerry Smith after award is made. 
 
3. Mobilization/Demoblization: Mobilization periods will be conducted within a 2-week timeframe.

4. Evaluation Factors: The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in the order of importance:
        (1) - Technical Capability. Offeror must submit a detailed response to the information covered in the Statement of Work.
        (2) - Past Performance. The Contractor must demonstrate its record of successful performance in past contracts and/or jobs, Government and/or Commercial. Each offeror will be evaluated on its performance under existing and prior contracts/jobs. The offeror must include at least three references. 
        (3) - Cost/Price. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Price is not assigned an adjectival rating or scored; it will be evaluated to determine whether it is reasonable and if it reflects the offeror's understanding of the work. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

BASIS FOR AWARD
Selection of the successful offeror will be made based on the evaluation criteria. The quotations will be evaluated and a contract awarded under the Best Value Continuum approach to permit tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost factors. This will allow the Government to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror who meets or exceeds the technical acceptability standards established in the factors referenced above.
This amendment extends the closing date to December 04, 2017 at 4pm MST.

**Be sure to make note of changes made from the original posting when submitting proposals**

***TYPE OF MOBILE CT SCANNER***

The Billings Area Indian Health Service's requirement is for a 64-slice Mobile CT. The make and models of CT's that the IHS CT Technologists are qualified on currently are Phillips Brilliance Six and GE VCT 64 slice, but all models will be considered. The make and model of the CT that the hospital will be installing after construction will be a Hitachi Scenaria AE.

***HARD-DRIVES***
The Billings Area IHS requires that the Mobile CT unit hard-drives to be removed at the end of the lease. The hard-drives will be kept by the service unit so that the sensitive information can be handled properly.

***THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND UPDATES ARE APPLIED TO THIS AMENDMENT***

1. This amendment withdraws the unrestricted status and changes the solicitation to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business set aside. The NAICS is also changed from 621493 to 621512.
 
2. Period of Performance: The intended start date is December 2017. This can be coordinated with project officer, Jerry Smith after award is made. 
 
3. Mobilization/Demoblization: Mobilization periods will be conducted within a 2-week timeframe.

4. Evaluation Factors: The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in the order of importance:
        (1) - Technical Capability. Offeror must submit a detailed response to the information covered in the Statement of Work.
        (2) - Past Performance. The Contractor must demonstrate its record of successful performance in past contracts and/or jobs, Government and/or Commercial. Each offeror will be evaluated on its performance under existing and prior contracts/jobs. The offeror must include at least three references. 
        (3) - Cost/Price. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Price is not assigned an adjectival rating or scored; it will be evaluated to determine whether it is reasonable and if it reflects the offeror's understanding of the work. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

BASIS FOR AWARD
Selection of the successful offeror will be made based on the evaluation criteria. The quotations will be evaluated and a contract awarded under the Best Value Continuum approach to permit tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost factors. This will allow the Government to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror who meets or exceeds the technical acceptability standards established in the factors referenced above.

This amendment extends the closing date to December 04, 2017 at 4pm MST.

**Be sure to make note of changes made from the original posting when submitting proposals**

***TYPE OF MOBILE CT SCANNER***

The Billings Area Indian Health Service's requirement is for a 64-slice Mobile CT. The make and models of CT's that the IHS CT Technologists are qualified on currently are Phillips Brilliance Six and GE VCT 64 slice, but all models will be considered. The make and model of the CT that the hospital will be installing after construction will be a Hitachi Scenaria AE.

MOBILE CT SCANNER AT CROW/NORTHERN CHEYENNE HOSPITAL

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items (Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355)). The Billings Area Indian Health Service (IHS) intends to award a fixed-price commercial item contract in response to Request for Quotation (RFQ)-10-18-002-KN. This solicitation is issued as a Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business set-aside. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95. The associated North American Industry Classification System code is 621512 and the small business size standard is $15.0 million.

***THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND UPDATES ARE APPLIED TO THIS AMENDMENT***

1. This amendment withdraws the unrestricted status and changes the solicitation to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business set aside. The NAICS is also changed from 621493 to 621512.
 
2. Period of Performance: The intended start date is December 4, 2017. This can be adjusted after award is made and coordinated with the project officer, Jerry Smith.
 
3. Mobilization/Demoblization: Mobilization periods will be conducted within a 2-week timeframe.

4. Evaluation Factors: The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in the order of importance:
        (1) - Technical Capability. Offeror must submit a detailed response to the information covered in the Statement of Work.
        (2) - Past Performance. The Contractor must demonstrate its record of successful performance in past contracts and/or jobs, Government and/or Commercial. Each offeror will be evaluated on its performance under existing and prior contracts/jobs. The offeror must include at least three references. 
        (3) - Cost/Price. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Price is not assigned an adjectival rating or scored; it will be evaluated to determine whether it is reasonable and if it reflects the offeror's understanding of the work. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

BASIS FOR AWARD
Selection of the successful offeror will be made based on the evaluation criteria. The quotations will be evaluated and a contract awarded under the Best Value Continuum approach to permit tradeoffs among cost or price and non-cost factors. This will allow the Government to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror who meets or exceeds the technical acceptability standards established in the factors referenced above.

This amendment extends the closing date to December 01, 2017 at 4pm MST.

**Be sure to make note of changes made from the original posting when submitting proposals**

This amendment extends the closing date to November 27, 2017 at 2pm MST. Other amendments will be posted soon that will address RFQ details.

The following are additional Questions that were submitted recently. Please review this amendment and the previous one as well.

1. The requirement for a 16, 32, or 64 slice CT is broad. Preference will be for a 32 or 64, but 16 could be accepted and evaluated. Feel free to submit pricing on all available CT's.

2. The Billings Area IHS does not support Windows XP.

3. The make and models of CT's that the IHS CT Technologists are qualified on currently are Phillips Brilliance Six and GE VCT 64 slice, but all models will be considered and training accommodations can be made if necessary.

4. The make and model CT that the hospital will be getting after construction is completed will be a Hitachi Scenaria AE.


The information from these questions could potentially affect or change proposals. For this reason, the Billings Area IHS will extend this solicitation to 11/17/17 at 2:00pm MST.

The following is clarification to common questions on the RFQ specifications.

1. Fire Suppression: Fire extinguishers will be sufficient.

2. Backup Generator: Basic power generator will be sufficient. Will be used for basic power needs (lights, A/C, etc.)

The deadline has been extended to 11/14/17 at 2:00pm MST.

If there are additional questions, please send the questions by email to Kenny.Nicholson@ihs.gov.

MOBILE CT SCANNER AT CROW/NORTHERN CHEYENNE HOSPITAL

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being conducted under FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items (Title VIII of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355)). The Billings Area Indian Health Service (IHS) intends to award a fixed-price commercial item contract in response to Request for Quotation (RFQ)-10-18-002-KN. This solicitation is issued on an unrestricted basis. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95. The associated North American Industry Classification System code is 621493 and the small business size standard is $15.0 million.