65--Maxi Equipment with User and Service Manuals

Solicitation Number: VA-249-11-RI-0222 Notice Type: Intent to Sole Source The Department of Veterans' Affairs VISN 9 Network Contracting Activity (NCA) intends to award a sole source procurement to Arjo, Inc. to provide the following at the VA Medical Center 1101 Veterans' Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40502: 1. Two Maxi Sky 600 Fixed 4 Function No Carry Bars; 2. Thirty-Two Maxi Sky ECS 2 Function Cassette with Two PT Carry Bar; 3. Two Maxi Sky Two Point Hanger Bar; 4. One X-Y 3 Meters X 4.5 Meters Gate 2M+45 Curve (bathroom System); 5. Thirty-One X-Y 3 Meters X 4.5 Meters ECS (Eight Anchors) (Span 137"); 6. One X-Y 3 Meters X 6 Meters (Eight Anchors) (Span 196"); 7. One 6 Meters = 90 Degree Curve Straight Track (Nine Anchors) Bariatric; 8. Two-Hundred and Nine Standard Installation Number of Anchors; and 9. Two User and Service Manuals. The award of this sole source contract will be made to Arjo, Inc. 50 North Gary Avenue, Unit A, Roselle, Illinois 60172, FSS Contract number V797P-4397A. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is implemented by FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). The parts and systems, that are the focus of this procurement, will be used in conjunction with the sling lifts parts and systems already in place at VAMC Lexington. These parts and systems must be compatible and must guarantee patient safety in conjunction with Arjo, Inc. manufactured parts. Arjo, Inc. cannot guarantee the safety and compatibility of sling lift parts and systems produced by other manufacturers in use in conjunction with Arjo manufactured parts and systems. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract will be based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This Intent to Sole Source neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. This is limited source procurement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 423450 (Medical, Dental and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers) Size standard 100 personnel. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; however responses received on or before May 6, 2011, at 3:00 pm Central Time will be evaluated. Offers responding to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer and at a minimum include brochures, company literature in addition to a list of three references from similar VA facilities that are currently using your product and services. Information can be sent to or preferred attached to email to contact@example.gov by 3:00 pm Central Time on May 6, 2011. POC: Christina B. Jackson, Contract Specialist Contracting Office Mailing Address: Department of Veterans' Affairs VISN 9 Network Contracting Activity 1639 Medical Center parkway, Suite 400 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129