SOURCES SOUGHT
L -- Medical Equipment Specialist Services
- Notice Date
- 1/17/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center, (= 049A1), P.O. Box 76, Building No. 37, Hines, Illinois 60141
- ZIP Code
- 60141
- Solicitation Number
- MEDEQUIPSVC
- Point of Contact
- Contracting Officer - Patricia McKay, Team Leader, (708) 786-5251
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Patricia McKay
(patricia.mckay@med.va.gov)
- Description
- The Government is considering competitive sourcing for the services o= f Medical Equipment Technical Specialists. Personnel must be knowledgeable of equipment in all of the following categories:=20 Diagnostic X-Ray, including Computed Radiography and Digital Radiography; Diagnostic Ultrasound; Nuclear Medicine; Computed Tomography (CT); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Radiation Therapy/Oncology; Picture Archival and Communications Systems (PACS) and Teleradiology; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Lithotripsy; and Commercial Laundry equipment. Knowledge of other medical equipment is desirable. =20 The specialists must be physically present at the VA National Acquisition Center each workday. Functions to be performed include: 1. Develop quality assurance test procedures, purchase descriptions, and statements of work. 2. Perform technical review of vendor proposals, and advise Government contracting officers in making equipment purchase decisions. Information handled is procurement-sensitive. 3. Assist contracting officers in negotiations of technical issues as required for contract awards, delivery order awards, and modifications. 4. Reviews customer technical justifications for delivery order award selection. 5. Reviews vendor system quotations for completeness, pricing accuracy, and required technical features.=20 6. Provides complete product descriptions and current pricing for items to be ordered to the contracting officer in development of delivery orders against awarded contracts. 7. Reviews vendor-proposed statements of work for site-preparation construction related to equipment installation: a. Makes recommendation to the contracting officer on the necessity of the proposed work; b.=20 Determines whether the construction work is severable from the equipment installation under the terms of FAR 22.402(b)(iii); and c.=20 Makes recommendation to the contracting officer on the price reasonableness of the proposed construction. 8. Determines the type of inspection required for acceptance of equipment orders. 9.=20 Compares inspectors=92 findings to contract specifications and makes recommendation to the contracting officer to accept or reject equipment. 10. When new equipment types are offered, determines the equipment category to which it should be assigned for purchase. 11.=20 Answers inquiries on equipment pricing, availability, and technical capabilities for customer planning purposes. =20
- Web Link
-
RFI MEDEQUIPSVC
(http://www.bos.oamm.va.gov/solicitation?number=3DMEDEQUIPSVC)
- Record
- SN00242432-W 20030119/030117214131 (fbodaily.com)
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