This requirement is for a yearly maintenance contract on Draeger Medical Anesthesia Units, Touchscreen Monitors, and Monitoring Systems, as required by Navy Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP)

The Contracting Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate a Sole Source Firm Fixed Price type contract to Drager Medical, Inc. and will utilize the procedures of FAR Subpart 13.5, “Test Program for Certain Commercial Items.†Draeger Medical, Inc. is the sole manufacturer of the system and the only technically acceptable vendor with the requisite knowledge of operation, service, and interoperability. Draeger (OEM) has the legal rights to propriety equipment diagnostic software. They are the only source capable of providing maintenance to assure safe, dependable, and effective operation of the equipment. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 with a size standard of 20.5 million.

The resulting contract will be for a 12 month base period beginning 01 October 2015 with 4 additional options years and include FAR clause 52.217-8 “Option to Extend Servicesâ€. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 21 August 2015 by downloading the documents at the NECO Website as follows: http:// www.neco.navy.mil. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency.

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