SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Southeast Regional Contracting Office, ATTN: MCAA SE, Building 39706, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650
- ZIP Code
- 30905-5650
- Solicitation Number
- W91YTV-07-0001
- Response Due
- 11/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/23/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT David Marana, Research and Development Analyst IV AT (706) 787-2093. This FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY announcement is a notice that TRICARE Southeast, which includes all DoD (Army, A ir Force, Navy) Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina are in the process of standardizing Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies as listed in the subject line above. Companies who currently possess or are in the process of obtaining a Distribution and Pricing Agreements (DAPAs) with the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia (DSCP) for this product are eligible to participate in the standardization process. For additional information on obtaining a DAPA, you may call Ms. Kim Nichols at DSCP at (215) 737-7124. Base company criteria for this product line includes but is not limited to the following: must carry a full line of Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies, must provide customer support in the form of a sales representative for each MTF with in the TRICARE Southeast Region, must provide clinical support, education programs, and utilization reports, must provide companys return policy, must provide companys distribution network, must be able to provide product to all MTFs within the TRICARE S outheast Region, must provide volume discounts, and must provide electronic and hard-copy of proposed pricing and competitive product cross-reference. Base technical criteria for this product line: (1). Does your company manufacture or distribute a Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies that does not require the use of a brush or sponge or water? Please specify. (2). Does your company manufacture or distribute a full product line of Alc ohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies, to include but not limited to the following: wall mounting/installation accessories, dispensing accessories including hands-free activators, tubing and line filters? (3). If you distribute, please list al l types of Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies. (4). Under what brand(s) does your company manufacture or distribute your products? Please specify name brand. (5). Are your products available through the Prime Vendor, Owens & Minor? If no t, provide date applied for. (6). Does your company have a DAPA Number? If yes, what is it? If not, provide date applied for. (7). Is there any history of backorders and/or recalls including fire and safety for this product group? If yes, please answe r the following: Dates and Duration, Cause, Resolution. (8). Under what standards are your products manufactured? Please specify. (9). Does your product have FDA approval as a brushless surgical hand scrub? (10). Has your product been tested according t o the FDA Tentative Final Monograph (TFM)? (11). Are instructions for use of this product consistent with Recommendations for Surgical Hand Antisepsis in the 2002 CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings? (12). Does your product meet the Ass ociation of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Standards for antibacterial soap scrub? (13). Can you provide a complete clinical literature including efficiency kill-rates by a third-party independent lab? (14). Does your product contain 60% to 95% alcohol? (15). Does your product contain at least 0.5% CHG? (16). After application of your product, how long does it take to achieve antimicrobial protection? (17). Does your product have antimicrobial persistence? If so, what is the ingredient and amoun t used to achieve antimicrobial persistence? (18). What is the length of time of antimicrobial persistence? (19). Does your product have cumulative activity? If so, what is the length of time needed to achieve cumulative activity? (20). What is the spectr um of antimicrobial protection? Please provide your kill rate data. (21). Does your product require an initial brush scrub before app lication? (22). Does your product require subsequent scrubs during the same day? (23). How is your product applied? (24). Does the package allow for easy, hands-free dispensing? (25). What other methods of dispensing the product do you have available? ( 26) Is your product hypoallergenic? (27). Are your dispensers and accessories latex free? (28). Does your product require other accessories other than the dispensers? (i.e. line filters)? (29). Does your product have different dispenser sizes available? Pl ease specify. (30). Do your product dispensers require special installation? If yes, please describe. (31). Are your product containers designed to prevent topping off? (32). Does your product have an emollient or skin conditioner to protect the skin a gainst drying and breakdown? If not, can your company provide data regarding compatibility with a skin moisturizer that is also, sterile and latex compatible? (33). Is your product compatible with iodine, CHG, and latex? (34). Is your product compatible w ith non-latex gloves? (35). Does your company have MSDS information available for distribution with your product? (36). What types of educational tools or materials do you have for this product line? (37). What kind of staff training does your company p rovide? (38). Does your company provide customer service 24/7? Provide your (1) company name, (2) address, (3) point of contact, (4) 1-800 telephone number, (5) 1-800 fax number, (6) e-mail address, and (7) your DAPA number for the product(s)/product line(s) being offered, and (8) answers to David Marana; david.marana 2@amedd.army.mil. Respondents must provide all written detailed information on the Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub, which clearly outlines and supports/verifies the requirements stated above no later than November 24 2006. Please send your response to this solicitation for Alcohol-based Brushless Surgical Hand Scrub Supplies to the following: TRI-Service Regional Business Office ATTN: Mr. David Marana TRICARE Southeast Region BLDG 40707, 40th Street, RM 105, Ft. Gordon, GA 30905 (706) 787-2093 FAX: (706)787-1099 All proposals and literature requested must be received by the closing of this announcement, November 24 2006.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TRI SERVICE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE ATTN: BLDG 40707 40TH STREET ROOM 105 Fort Gordon GA
- Zip Code: 30905-5650
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 30905-5650
- Record
- SN01173693-W 20061102/061101025049 (fbodaily.com)
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