Hospital Beds @ DWH

The State of Michigan Department of Corrections issued a Request for Information (RFI 190000000028) for hospital beds suitable for use in correctional settings, with responses due by 3:00 p.m. EST on July 12, 2019. The procurement targets Grand Traverse County and multiple Lansing City jurisdictions within Michigan. The MDOC seeks to procure medical-surgical and long-term care hospital beds to replace aging equipment currently consisting of Stryker FL17E, Stryker FL14E, and Hill-Rom P870 models that have become expensive to maintain. Respondents must provide detailed specifications, pictures, and literature for proposed beds and must address critical requirements including floor-securing capabilities through tethering and chaining, restraint accommodations, bariatric options, mattress inclusion, assembly requirements, lead times, repair services, and warranty standards. The beds must incorporate security-focused design features such as enclosed wiring and bolted rather than pin-type tool-less accessories with no easily removable or accessible parts. Vendors must submit company contact information, identify personnel involved in the response, provide customer references, and indicate their likelihood of bidding on a subsequent Request for Proposals. The exact quantity of beds needed remains undetermined pending facility needs and budget availability, with some replacements anticipated before October 1, 2019, and remaining purchases to follow thereafter.

This RFI does not include specified set-asides or restrictions on eligible respondents, and no disadvantaged enterprise preferences are noted in the available documentation. The RFI identifies current inventory consisting of Stryker and Hill-Rom equipment but does not designate these as incumbent vendors or provide restrictions requiring compatibility with existing infrastructure. All RFI responses become property of the State and are subject to disclosure under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act. The State reserves the right to invite vendors for oral presentations and demonstrations at either correctional facilities or vendor locations, though no specific evaluation criteria are detailed in the RFI documents. The RFI itself will not result in a contract award; rather, the information gathered will inform development of specifications for a potential future solicitation that may result in either a purchase order or multi-year contract. Specific award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the available documentation.