65--BARIATRIC BEDS

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FAR 13.106(B) This is a notice of intent of The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 to negotiate sole source with Joerns, LLC for supplying The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Nursing Service, with: 5 Used Bariatric Bed Frames. 2 Dolphin Autho Vector Control Units. The Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC Nursing Service is requesting this equipment in order to meet the specialized needs of its Spinal Cord Injury inpatient and long-term care patient populations. This patient population is acutely susceptible to pressure ulcers and requires specialized beds/mattresses to provide optimum care as well as minimize this risk during their stay. Currently, the medical center is renting the bariatric bed frames. The consistent needs of the patients on the acute and long-term care Spinal Cord Injury floors require the rental of at least five bariatric frames on any given day. The purchase of the bed frames as well as the control units that are currently being utilized will decrease the rental costs for the medical center. The Government believes that only one business can satisfy the agency requirements and intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106(b) - access to proprietary information. Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Monday January 28, 2013 at 5PM EST. Such capabilities information will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation is available at this time. All inquiries must be submitted by email to Rachelle Hamer at contact@example.gov. .