RECOVERY 6640--New Mexico VA Healrh Care System Labeler and Accumulation Conveyor

Intent To Sole Source

The New Mexico VA Health Care System, located at 1501 San Pedro Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 intends to sole source to Lakey Packaging Inc, located at 706 Bent Tree Drive, Euless TX 76039 for a CVC430 Front-Back-Labeling with wrap station and an accumulation conveyor.

The VA Cooperative Studies Program, Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center requires a BRAND NAME or EQUAL CVC430 Front & Back Labeler with Wrap Station and an Accumulation Conveyor to expand its labeling production capability. Bottles will be labeled on the Labeler and transferred without human intervention to the Accumulation Conveyor for collection.

SCOPE:

Vendor will provide one (BRAND NAME or EQUAL to) CVC Technologies/CVC430 Front & Back Labeler with Wrap Station meeting the salient characteristics detailed in this document. Vendor will also provide an Accumulation Conveyor meeting the salient characteristics detailed in this document. Both units must interface so labeled bottles transfer to conveyor without human intervention.

LABELER SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Required Standard Features:

Self-Set Auto Adjusting Control System to auto-detect bottle diameter/width and auto-calculate label dispensing based on bottle size

Stainless Steel Frame on lockable casters

Stainless Steel flatbed conveyor

At minimum a 25-Key Handheld Terminal with LCD Display

Label head with up to +/- 1/32" accuracy and Integrated Wrap Station

Label Sensor for Paper or Opaque Labels

12" +/- 1 Long Wrap Station

Product Sensor with Opaque and Clear Bottle Mode

Variable Speed Separator Wheel

Capacity: up to 175 bottles per minute (BPM)

If not using BRAND NAME Self Set software, equipment s label dispense speed, wrap belt, and spacing wheels must be automatically synchronized to the conveyor speed

Bottles to be labeled specifications:

Bottle Height: 2 to 16 in (51 to 406 mm)

Bottle Width: 1/2 to 6-1/4 in (13 to 159 mm)

Bottle Length: 1/2 to 12 in (13 to 305 mm) (Dependent on conveyor width)

Labels to be supported specifications:

Label Width/Height: 5/8 to 9 in (16 to 229 mm)

Label Length 5/8 to 12 in (16 to 305 mm)

Physical dimension requirements:

Conveyor Width: 6 in (minimum)

Conveyor Length: 94-1/2 in (+/- 1 in to meet space restrictions)

Conveyor Bed Height: 36 in (+/- 2 in)

Electrical Requirements

Power: 110V/120V

Automatic Set-Up: (Self Set) measures the label and the products to synchronize speed of all moving parts including

Labeling Speed

Label Dispense Speed

Label Extension Beyond Peeler Blade

Label Placement on Package

Call Memory: Brings up job setting from memory

Current Memory: Last job run before labeler was turned off

ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Operating Specifications:

FIFO (First-in, First-out)

Variable Frequency Drive

User adjustable speed

Support Bottle Widths: 1/2 to 6-1/4 in (13 to 159 mm)

Adjustable guide rails to support stated bottle widths

Conveyor belt width appropriate for stated bottle widths plus guide rails

Physical Dimensions:

Length: 62 inches +/- 1 inch (due to space restrictions)

Width: 48 inches +/- 1 inch (due to space restrictions)

Conveyor height to integrate with labeler: 36 inches +/-2 inches and unit must be able to have height adjusted within the same range

Serpentine shaped

5 rows across

Guide rails

Mobile (lockable casters) stainless steel

Electrical Requirements:

110V/120V

Gray Market Prevention Language

(a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable.

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(b) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

(c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.Â

This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotes; however any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting this requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting officer later than Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11:00 AM ET.

Interest/Capability statements may be sent to Linda Buccigrossi at Linda.buccigrossi@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.