Monitoring and Telemetry
This is a sources sought notice (SSN) as defined in FAR 15.201(e). This is not a solicitation.
The Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO) is requesting information to determine if there are any Service Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Hubzone Small Business, Small Disadvantage Business 8(a), Small businesses (SB) that can provide a Monitoring and Telemetry System including:
1. ICU/ Monitoring & Telemetry System -
2. Med Surg 3C-4C/ Telemetry System
3. ED/ Monitoring System
4. OR & Recovery/ Monitoring System
5. Endoscopy/ Monitors
6. Project Management & Installation
BACKGROUND: Services are required to replace all monitoring and telemetry equipment located at VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) in Reno, Nevada. Services vary among the technology providers and this SOW will be refined after a vendor is awarded the contract for the new system.
DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF WORK: The scope of work is for replacing the existing patient monitoring and telemetry system. This equipment is used in the following patient care areas: Emergency Department (ED), Endoscopy (ENDO), Intensive Care UnIT (ICU), Medical Surgical Wards (MED SURG), Operating Room (OR) and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). The vendor to provide all central stations, bedside monitors, portable monitors and telemetry transmitters. All of this equipment is to communicate together via a dedicated network also provided by the vendor. Vendor services include:
a. Project management services
b. Installation of applicable servers and KVM switches
c. Installation and programming of all central stations, patient monitors and telemetry transmitters
d. Infection control and dust containment (tenting) per hospital policy
e. Installation, programming and balancing of a dedicated wireless network
Applications and equipment service training
The purpose of this notice is for market research purposes to gain knowledge of qualified sources relative to NAICS 339112 and size standard 500 employees. The Government will use responses to make appropriate acquisition decisions.
Qualified parties are invited to respond. Responses should include company name, address, point of contact, phone and fax numbers, email address, DUNS number and a capability statement. Email responses to Teena Glasper at [email protected] no later than June 6, 2014 at 4 PM PST. Telephone responses will not be accepted.
This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or make an award, nor does the notice restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. A response to request for information is not a request to be added to a prospective bidder's list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. Interested offerors must respond to the solicitation, if issued, in addition to responding to this request for information.
Teena Glasper
[email protected]
Contract Specialist
