Sterile Supply Technician Services

Added: Jan 13, 2016 1:57 pm

The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS) requires contractual services to provide Sterile Supply Technician services to support and work with reusable medical equipment (RME) and clinical/dental/surgical instrumentation and endoscopes used to deliver care and assistance for eligible veteran beneficiaries at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Lake City VA Medical Center and three (3) Outpatient located in surrounding areas as specified within the performance work statement (PWS). The offeror shall provide fifteen (15) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Sterile Supply Technicians to work in Decontamination, Sterilization, Examining, Assembling, Packaging, Receiving, Storing and Distributing Supply Items to Wards, Clinic Units and Operating Room areas.

The services shall be provided in accordance with current Veterans Affairs (VA) guidelines, policies and procedures. The Offeror must have an accreditation that either meets or exceeds The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and must perform the required service in accordance with those standards. All contract sterile supply technician(s) shall be Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through an accredited Surgical Technologist Training Program or one (1) year hands on experience with Dental and/or Surgical Instruments or endoscopes.

The Authority for this procurement is the Department of Veterans Affairs Directive 1663 implementing provisions of Public Law 104-262, the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, which expands VA's health care resources sharing authority in Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) Sections 8153 (sharing authority).

The anticipated period of performance for this contract will be from February 27, 2016 through February 26, 2017 with a base year and four (4), one (1) year options renewal. Services shall be performed onsite at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Lake City VA Medical Center, Tallahassee, Jacksonville and the Villages VA Outpatient Clinics. The solicitation will be for commercial items prepared in accordance with the subparts in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and evaluated in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 15. The solicitation document will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) VA248-16-R-1360. The procurement will be 100% Service Disabled Veterans Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561910 with a size standard of $11 million. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or about January 19, 2016 at the FedBizOpps (FBO) website: https://www.fbo.gov

It is anticipated that the closing date for submissions of proposals will be January 28, 2016 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). Any amendments or additional information issued to this solicitation will also be available at the FBO website. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information.

All questions must be submitted in writing to the following email address: elizabeth.romero@va.gov . No telephonic response will be accepted.