Urinal Holder
This is a Request for Information (RFI) to determine availability of potential sources capable of providing for Urinal Holders. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is home to the United States largest integrated health care system and is responsible for providing comprehensive care to more than 8.3 million Veterans. Consistent with VA's strategic acquisition policy to standardize select categories of supplies and services to ensure consistency with patient care and practitioner needs, the VHA National Standardization Medical Integrated Product Team (IPT) has identified Urinal Holders as a candidate item for standardization. This product must be a plastic cage that holds a single urinal and attaches to a bedrail, wheelchair or walker.
The information received as a result of this RFI may result in a solicitation. Potential contractors are encouraged to submit a non-binding statement of interest along with the below documentation substantiating they have a product they feel meets the stated requirement. Further, it is intended to assess industry's capability to support and/or develop an adequate solution to the Governments continuing need(s).
REQUESTED INFORMATION:
(1) Statement of Capability: Submit a brief description, two (2) pages or less, that indicates your product's ability to meet the Minimum Technical Requirements as indicated below;
(2) Indicate whether you hold a GSA Federal Supply Schedule Contract that covers the subject products and if so, please provide the Schedule Number and Contract Number;
(3) State whether you are a manufacturer of the required product. The Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) is requesting responses from qualified business concerns; the qualifying NAICS code for this effort is 325412 - Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing.
(4) Provide BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: (a) Indicate whether your business is large or small (b) If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business (c) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (d) Indicate if your firm is a certified Hub-zone firm (e) Indicate if your firm is a woman-owned or operated business (f) Indicate if your firm is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) (g) Include the DUNS number of your firm. (h) State whether your firm is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov/. If not, please NOTE that any future solicitation could only be awarded to a contractor who is registered in SAM; to receive award based on VOSB or SDVOSB status, you must be registered in the VetBiz Registry.
Minimum Technical Requirement for Urinal Holder
Intended use: Plastic cage holds a single urinal and attaches to bedrail, wheelchair or walker
MTR Number Minimum Technical Requirement Method of Evaluation
MTR1 Plastic cage, one piece construction Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR2 Cage holds full urinal without buckling Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR3 Urinal fits inside cage, opening-minimum 4 inch by 4inch, maximum 4 B= inch by 4 B= inch and depth minimum 5 B= inches, maximum 6 inches Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR4 Strap, material is hook and loop entire length Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR5 Strap, minimum 8 inches long Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR6 Strap buckle close to the point where the strap attaches to cage Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR7 Strap attachment to cage allows swiveling of the cage Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR8 Secured strap remains secure while cage contains a full urinal Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR9 Holders fit into one-another (i.e., nest) allowing for compact storage on shelf Literature Review and Physical Inspection
MTR10 Latex free Literature Review and Physical Inspection
Responses are due by noon, July 17, 2014. Please submit e-mail responses to Mr. James W. Poe, III, Contracting Officer, at email address: [email protected] and Ms. Damoris Nibbs, Contract Specialist, at email address [email protected]. Your response should include the STATEMENT OF CAPABLILITY, GSA SCHEDULE INFORMATION, NAICS CODE INFORMATION and BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS information as explained above. Be advised that all correspondence sent via e-mail shall contain a subject line that reads "Urinal Holder".
Disclaimer: Issuance of this Request for Information (RFI) is to assist the VA in determining sources only and does not commit or bind the Government under any circumstances nor does it constitute any obligation whatsoever on the part of the Government to procure these commodities/supplies or to issue a solicitation nor to notify respondents of the results of this notice. No solicitation documents exist at this time. The Department of Veterans Affairs is neither seeking proposals nor accepting unsolicited proposals, and responses to this RFI cannot be accepted as offers. Any information the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI.
Damoris Nibbs
Contract Specialist
[email protected]
