SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Newborn Screening for 29 Palms Hospital, CA
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- N00244 Naval Base 937 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0024404T0786
- Response Due
- 8/10/2004
- Archive Date
- 10/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- ANGELA WHITNEY 619-532-2898 ANGELA WHITNEY 619-532-2898, E-MAIL: ANGELA.WHITNEY@NAVY.MIL
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Click here to contact the purchasing agent
(angela.whitney@navy.mil)
- Description
- IMPORTANT NOTICE: DFARS 252.204-7004 ?Required Central Contractor Registration? applies to all solicitations issued on / or after 06-01-98. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror / quoter INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your quote. Call 1-888-227-2423 or visit the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov for more information. This procurement is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit an offer. This is a combined synopsis / solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR 13 and the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the ONLY solicitation; quotes are being requested with this synopsis. Solicitation number / RFQ N00244-04-T-0786 applies; an electronic copy of the RFQ can be accessed at http://www.neco.navy.mil. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-04 and DFAR Change Notices effective through 01/29/02. The standard industrial code is 8071 (NAICS 621511) and the business size standard is $5 million. The agency need is for initial newborn screening of infants born at 29 Palms naval Hospital CA. This requirement is for a fixed priced contract for a base year and two option years. Line Item 0001: approximately 550 each tests per year; the screening is to include PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU); CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CV); GALACTOSEMIA GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATEURIDYL TRANSFERASE (GALT); HYPOTHYROIDISM THYROXINE (T4); THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH); HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES (HB); BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY (BIO); ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA (CAH); CARBAMOYLPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE DEFICIENCY (CPS DEF.); CARNITINE PALMITOY1 TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY TYPE 1 (CPT-1); 2, 4 DIENOY-COA REDUCTASE DEFICIENCY; 5-OXOPROLINURIA (PYROGLUTAMIC ACIDURIA); HYPERAMMONEMIA HYPERORNITHINEMIA; HOMOCITRULLINEMIA SYNDROME (HHH); HYPERORNITHINEMIA WITH GYRAL ATROPHY; MALONIC ACIDURIA; ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMYLASE DEFICIENCY (OTC DEFICIENCY); CYSTIC FIBROSIS; G6PD DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN S, C AND E; MCAD DEFICIENCY; GALACTOSEMIA; GLUTARIC ACIDURIA TYPE 1; LCHAD DEFICIENCY. Line Items 0002 and 0003 is for the same tests and amount, but for the following fiscal years (Line Item 0002 ? 1 Oct 05 through 30 Sep 06 and Line Item 0003 ? 1 Oct 06 through 30 Sep 07). This requirement is for a fixed priced contract for 3 line items as follows. The following salient characteristics are CRITICAL / ESSENTIAL to the Government ? STATEMENT OF WORK (NEWBORN TESTING) Naval Hospital 29 Palms requires the successful detection of phenylketonuria by testing newborns for hyperphenyllalaninemia has as its goal the identification of infants subject to the central nervous system damage (in particular mental retardation) due to excessive levels of phenylalanine. Once identified, harmful CNS effects can be largely avoided by dietary measures, notably semisynthetic diets low in phenylalanine. State laws require PKU testing of infants within 28 days or less prior to hospital discharge regardless of age. Disease caused by lack of phenylalanine hydroxylasc leads to mental retardation if not treated . Additional tests must be performed if indicated to include: Biotinidase Deficiency, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Cystic Fibrosis, Galactosemia, and Hemoglobinopathy, Hyperthyroidism (T4 and TSH). Our annual requirement is approximately 550 tests. Contractor to provide: 1. Filter paper (Schleicher and Scheull #903) 2. Test requisition forms 3. Contractor provided mailing service 4. Mailout containers Contractor: responsibilities: 1. Perform testing requirements in accordance with the Guthrie method and must comply with all Laboratory Accreditation and Regulatory Agencies. 2. Provide written report of all testing performed indicating all demographic data provided in the information sheet. 3. Confirm any abnormal tests results and provide a final report based on confirmed information. 4. Provide consumable supplies and requisition forms. Monitors level of supplies and maintain a safe level at all times. 29 Palms Responsibilities: 1. Collect samples in accordance with the Contractor standard operating procedures for obtaining a blood clot. 2. Provide patient information to include: patient name, social security number, and date of birth. 3. Will send test requisition and specimen in accordance with mailout procedures by the contractor. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items applies. Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Paragraph (b)(5): Offers shall provide an express warranty which at a minimum shall be the same warranty terms, including offers of extended warranties, offered to the general public. Express warranties shall be included in the contract. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items applies as well as the following addendum clauses: FAR 52.211-5, Material Requirements. Clause 52.232-18, Availability of Funds applies and 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services are included. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items applies with the following applicable clauses for paragraph (b): FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR ! 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies with the following clauses applicable for paragraph (b): DFARS 252.225-7001, Buy American Act and Balance of Payment Program; and DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND INCLUDE A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISION WITH THEIR PROPOSALS: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications ? Commercial Items. The government intend to make a single award to the responsible offeror whose offer is the most advantageous to the government considering price and price-related factors. Note: The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) can be accessed on the Internet at www.arnet.gov.far or www.deskbook.osd.mil; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supple! ment (DFARS) can be accessed on the Internet at www.dtic.mil/dfars. Parties responding to this solicitation may submit their quote in accordance with their standard commercial practices (e.g. on company letterhead, formal quote form, etc.) but must include the following information: 1) Company?s complete mailing and remittance addresses, discounts for prompt payment, if any (e.g. 1% 10 days), anticipated delivery / availability of product / s, the company?s CAGE code, Dun & Bradstreet Number, and Taxpayer ID number. In addition, if you are quoting on a comparable commercial item, product literature must be included. All FAR certifications and representations specified above must also accompany your certifications and representations specified above must also accompany your quote. Quotes must be received no later than 3:00PM, local time on 08-10-04, and will be accepted via fax (619-52-1088) or via e-mail (angela.whitney@navy.mil). Quotes submitted as an attachment to a! n e-mail should be sent in Word Version 6.00 or higher. See Numbered Note #1.
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