6515--Laryngoscopy Sets

This contract, solicited under number 36C24826Q0883, is a Total Small Business Set-Aside for the procurement of one laryngoscopy set to be delivered to the C.W. “Bill” Young VAMC in Bay Pines, Florida. The solicitation falls under NAICS code 339112 for Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, or 500 for nonmanufacturers. The contract is issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs through the Network Contracting Office 8 in Tampa, Florida, with Moneque Rodriguez serving as the contracting officer. The requirement specifies a brand name or equal laryngoscopy set constructed entirely of premium surgical-grade stainless steel, comprising 17 distinct components including various laryngoscope scopes, light carriers, smoke evac tubes, jet vents, and associated accessories, each with exact quantity requirements. The product must meet technical industry standards and must not include gray market or counterfeit items. All vendors must be registered in SAM with a valid Unique Entity Identifier, and small business status must be certified at time of quotation. The contract employs a comparative evaluation to award to the offeror offering best value based on technical compliance, past performance in similar medical equipment, and price reasonableness, though specific weightings are not provided. Quotations must be submitted electronically in two volumes by July 10, 2026, to the contracting officer’s email, with no zipped files allowed and required formats limited to Microsoft Word or Excel documents created in 2007 or later, and scanned documents must be at least 200 dpi. Offerors must include their UEI, small business status, and supporting pricing documentation, with prices held firm for 60 days. The contract includes numerous FAR and VA-specific clauses with deviations, including commercial terms, whistleblower protections, prohibitions on forced confidentiality agreements, subcontractor debarment safeguards, prohibitions on inverted domestic corporations, Buy American requirements, and strict controls over controlled unclassified information and cybersecurity measures. Delivery is FOB destination, with payment via Electronic Funds Transfer upon Government acceptance and invoice submission in arrears. The contractor is responsible for complying with all federal laws covering procurement integrity, kickbacks, contract work hours, safety standards, and limitations on the use of appropriated funds, and must flow down CUI and cybersecurity requirements to any subcontractors.