SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- J--Notification of Intent to Sole Source Full Service and Maintenance of Hemodialysis equipment located at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2020 11:11:10 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- 244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244) PITTSBURGH PA 15215 USA
- ZIP Code
- 15215
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24420Q0201
- Response Due
- 1/6/2020 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 01/11/2020
- Point of Contact
- Stanley KwasnyStanley.Kwasny@va.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Stanley.Kwasny@va.gov
(Stanley.Kwasny@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No other Supplies or Services will satisfy agency requirement. Department of Veteran Affairs, VISN 4, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, intends to negotiate a Sole Source Award with Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Baxter Healthcare is located at 1 Baxter Pkwy, Deerfield, Illinois. Baxter shall provide full service and maintenance for government owned Baxter Hemodialysis equipment at the VA Pittsburgh, University Drive Campus, 4100 Allequippa St, Pittsburgh, PA 15240. The VA Pittsburgh Medical Center Dialysis Service utilizes Baxter Phoenix and Prismaflex machines for treatment of acute and chronic dialysis. The units require repair and maintenance by trained personnel using manufacturer approved parts and specifications. These units are critical for continuous patient care of Dialysis under Medicine Service at the VA Pittsburgh Medical Center and the reliable and accurate operation of the equipment, at all times, is considered critical to the health of patients. This contract includes planned and corrective maintenance repairs to the Phoenix and Prismaflex units. Service for corrective maintenance must be provided 8 AM-5 PM local time Monday-Friday, excluding federal holidays, under the contract. All maintenance and parts used in accordance with this contract will be based on manufacturer specifications. Customer service must respond to service request calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Trained personnel will respond directly by phone within 1 hour of the call for service. If situations cannot be resolved by phone, trained personnel will be required for an on-site visit with full resolution expected within 48 hours of initial call. As the Original Equipment Manufacturer, Baxter International is the only capable source to provide the necessary software patching for their equipment. Baxter engineers, through the manufacturing divisions and their technical support team, periodically receive service information and updates which are electronically distributed only to all product trained and actively employed OEM personnel. Baxter, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer, is the only authorized service vendor for furnishing all necessary trained experienced personnel, labor, proprietary tools, engineering upgrades, facilities, diagnostic equipment, parts, materials, and supplies to provide the required technical support and expertise for on-site full-service maintenance including preventative maintenance. The anticipated period of performance is 01/07/2020 to 01/06/2025, to include a Base year and four, one-year option periods, at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive Campus. The NAICS code for this procurement is: 811219 (Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) and the SBA size standard is $22.0 Million. Interested parties that can meet the capabilities and requirements, may identify their interest and submit quotations. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations (RFQ) or a request for proposal (RFP). Interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements, must submit information about their capabilities via email, to the Contract Specialist at Stanley.Kwasny@va.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST, 01/06/2020. All information shall be provided at no cost, or obligation to the Government. No solicitation will be made available. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Department will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
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- SN05526942-F 20200108/200106230125 (samdaily.us)
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