MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM

Action Code: S - Special Notice 2. Date: 06/02/2009 3. Classification Code: (Services A - Z) Q - Medical Services (Supplies 10 - 29) (Supplies 30 - 49) (Supplies 50 - 69) (Supplies 70 - 89) 4. NAICS Code: 423450 5. Title: Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies MerchantWholesalers 6. Response Date: 06/16/2009 7. Primary Point of Contact: Missy Forbes, Contract Specialist Secondary Point of Contact: Brent Burns, Contracting Officer 8. Solicitation Number: 9. Reference Number: RFI-09-AFRW-Medical 10. Place of Performance Address/City/State: Washington, DC Postal Code: 20011 Country: US 11. Set Aside: N/A 12. Description: This announcement is issued for informational and planning purposes only. This Request for Information (RFI) is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Responses to the RFI will not serve as proposals, bids, or offers, which could be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) is conducting market research to determine the feasibility of a set-aside competition for the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC. The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) has a requirement for Medical Supplies and Medical Equipment to support the needs of its residence. Contractor provided services include, but are not limited to an innovative service designed to control, support and manage the medical supplies and equipment at AFRH. Prospective contractor shall provide the following supplies and services as stated below: - Be responsible for the supply and management of medical supplies and medical equipment; inclusive of delivery, physical stocking and re-order points (par levels). - Provide an Inventory Control System (ICS) that will track medical supplies, medical equipment, medical equipment warranties, capture and bill residential charges for third party billing. The ICS shall be a computerized, information based tracking system with a bar coding data collection device. The ICS shall provide various reporting methods. Provide training, ongoing support and routine chart audits of the ICS System. - Conduct a phase-in inventory and organization of approximately twelve (12) storage locations at AFRH. - Provide medical equipment warranties and warranty management services. - Work with AFRH as a business consultant to develop and deliver strategic solutions to improve care quality, while reducing overall health care cost relevant to the medical supplies, medical equipment, Inventory Control System (ICS), warranties and warranty services. All work shall meet or exceed, or be in conformity with the requirements of applicable NSF, JCAHO, CARF, ASME, ANSI, NEC, NFPA, OSHA, EPA, USDA, USPHS, state and local laws and regulations. In order to set this solicitation aside, BPD needs to ensure that the set aside community is capable of fulfilling the above requirements. Please provide us with the following information within 14 days of this request: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify the company as one or more of the followings: 1) small business; 2) 8(a) business; 3) HUBZone small business; 4) small disadvantaged business; 5) woman-owned small business; 6) veteran-owned small business; 7) service-disabled veteran-owned small business, or 8) large business. 2. Prospective bidders are to provide a Capability Statement demonstrating abilities to provide all services as stated in this RFI. If prospective bidders are unable to provide all services as stated, clearly state what services prospective bidder are able to provide, and what services they are unable to provide. 3. Prospective bidders shall demonstrate experience similar in size and scope of this RFI. Interested parties are requested to submit responses electronically to Missy Forbes at psb1@bpd.treas.gov. Or, responses may be addressed to: Missy Forbes, Bureau of the Public Debt, Division of Procurement, 200 Third Street, Avery 5-F, Parkersburg, WV 26106. No other information regarding this requirement will be provided at this time. Your response, while appreciated, is completely voluntary. If you have any questions, please contact Missy Forbes at 304-480-7135. Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to (304) 480-7203 or e-mailing your request to PSB1@bpd.treas.gov.