PCC Quote 1615 SurgTech Equipment

Pueblo Community College (PCC) in Pueblo, Colorado, issued Quote 1615 on November 11, 2015, soliciting vendor quotes for the purchase of used surgical equipment and supplies for educational purposes. The procurement includes nine line items encompassing complete instrument sets and power equipment required for surgical technology training, specifically: a Basic Thoracic/Chest Instrument Set with Container, a Basic Vascular Instrument Set with Container, a Craniotomy Instrument Set with Container, an Acufex Arthroscopy Forceps Set with Case, a Small Frag Set with Case, a Small Bone Power Equipment Set with specified Stryker components, a Refurbished Stryker System 6 Power System with multiple attachments and accessories, freight and shipping, and a total bid line item. All quotes required submission through the Colorado VSS System and were due on November 13, 2015, at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time, with pricing to remain firm for 90 days from the due date. Vendors were required to register on the Colorado VSS System to download solicitation documents and be considered responsive, provide unit prices and total costs on the Quote Response Sheet, and ensure all pricing included shipping, handling, and delivery charges to the Pueblo Campus on an FOB Destination basis with no additional charges permitted. The college reserved the right to award each item to separate vendors or consolidate all items to a single vendor. All respondents were required to submit a completed W-9 form and, for sole proprietors, identification documentation.

The solicitation included set-asides and preferences for Small Business, Minority-Owned, Local, Colorado, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned businesses if applicable. Only complete kits per industry standards were accepted, with no partial offers considered; the college acknowledged that detailed contents lists for certain equipment sets were not available at the time of initial issuance and directed bidders to consider industry standard contents for those sets while reserving the right to cancel and reissue the request if submitted offers revealed significant discrepancies between quoted contents and pricing. Vendors were instructed to contact Edmond Iniguez directly at Edmond.iniguez@pueblocc.edu for inquiries rather than submitting questions through the Colorado VSS website. Payment terms specified NET 45, with payment to be made in full within 45 days after all work was completed and accepted by PCC personnel. The awarded vendor would receive a Purchase Order and must comply with all Terms and Conditions and Special Provisions of the State of Colorado; no specific budget range or award value was stated in the solicitation documents.