SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Cost Per Test (CPT) contract for automated blood (sterile body fluid) culture instrumentation
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 325413
— In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veteran Affairs;Network Contracting Office 10;5500 Armstrong Rd.;Battle Creek MI 49037
- ZIP Code
- 49037
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25019Q0232
- Response Due
- 12/26/2018
- Archive Date
- 2/24/2019
- Point of Contact
- brooke.hansen@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Page 1 of 3 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 10, intends to solicit offers for Multi-station (Michigan/Indiana) Cost per Test. The contractor shall provide to the Veterans Affairs Facilities (listed below) a Cost-Per-Test (CPT) contract for an automated Blood Culture system. One Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for the period of 01/15/2019 09/30/2023 is anticipated. This is an unrestricted procurement for commercial items that will be conducted using FAR Part 13.5 procedures. NAICS code 325413 applies, and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The basis of award will be Best Value. The solicitation will be made available on or about 1/3/2019. The contract requirements are anticipated to be: Summary: The contractor shall provide to the Veterans Affairs Facilities (listed below) a Cost-Per-Test (CPT) contract for an automated Blood Culture system that will include all equipment [including uninterruptible power supply (UPS)], installation, bottles, (if the contractor discontinues bottles, the contractor shall provide the requested number of bottles to perform the validation studies at no charge), all preventative maintenance, consumable supplies, bi-directional bar-coded computer interface compatible with the VA laboratory information system (currently Data Innovations to VA VISTA/DHCP system), training of end users, and system maintenance (including parts, labor and travel) and all shipping costs (delivery and removal) during the term of the agreement. This equipment is currently installed at the Veterans Affairs facilities listed below and this is a follow-on contract to either replace the current equipment or to continue on with the incumbents product. Veterans Affairs facilities: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System 2215 Fuller Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Battle Creek VA Medical Center 5500 Armstrong Road Battle Creek, MI 49037 Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center 1481 W. 10th Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 John D. Dingell VA Medical Center 4646 John R St. Detroit, MI 48201 Northern Indiana Healthcare System (VANIHCS) Ft. Wayne Campus 2121 Lake Avenue Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center 1500 Weiss Street Saginaw, MI 48602 Requirements: The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment (including UPS), equipment/software maintenance, bottles, supplies, consumables, disposable items, parts, accessories, shipping and handling costs, and any other item(s) required to establish fully operational automated microbiology blood culture systems. Shipping and handling costs shall be the responsibility of the contractor and shall be included in the offer. The contractor shall provide at no charge software upgrades in order to maintain the integrity of the system and to provide state of the art technology to the Veterans Affairs Facilities. These shall be provided as they become released, installed by the contractor (as appropriate) and supported by in-house technical training (as appropriate). The contractor shall provide all ancillary support equipment to fully operate the instrumentation as defined in these specifications. Remote access for the system troubleshooting shall be considered on a case by case basis. If provided, it shall only be through a VPN interface subject to the Department of Veterans Affairs IMS approval. Modems are no longer considered acceptable by the VA Information Security Office. The contractor shall provide any and all universal interface equipment in order to interface equipment with the VA laboratory information system. In addition, the contractor shall include all ancillary components that are customarily sold or provided with the model of equipment proposed, (e.g., starter kits, tables/stands, etc.). The contractor shall provide an up to date procedure manual in CLSI format on a portable storage device (i.e. CD-ROM, disk, etc.) and/or an on-line CLSI formatted procedure manual in the instrument software. In addition, there is to be a printed hard copy version. The estimated quantities are below: Total Number of Blood Cultures Bottles for 5 Year Period Volume of Bottles per Year Facility Base Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Total Bottles Ann Arbor 14,450 14,739 15,034 15,334 15,641 75,198 Battle Creek 2,400 2,448 2,497 2,547 2,598 12,490 Detroit 5,600 5,712 5,826 5,943 6,062 29,143 Indianapolis 18,000 18,360 18,727 19,102 19,484 93,673 NIHCS 2,170 2,213 2,258 2,303 2,349 11,293 Saginaw 2,372 2,419 2,468 2,517 2,568 12,344 44,992 45,892 46,810 47,746 48,701 234,140 Total Number of AFB/Sterile AFB Fluid Bottles for 5 Year Period Volume of Bottles per Year Facility Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total Bottles Ann Arbor 0 0 Battle Creek 0 0 Detroit 0 0 Indianapolis 650 650 650 650 650 3,250 NIHCS 0 0 Saginaw 0 0 650 650 650 650 650 3,250 No solicitation is available at this time. ***No response to this special notice is necessary*** For information about this solicitation, e-mail Brooke Hansen, Contract Specialist, at brooke.hansen@va.gov. 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