SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Wound catheters, drains and drainage systems
- Notice Date
- 2/15/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, NMC San Diego, Bldg 1 38400 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA, 92134-5000, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-N002597046SS01
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2007
- Description
- A.General Information TRICARE Southwest Region, a military integrated delivery network, comprised of Army, Navy, and Air Force medical treatment facilities in California announces a Request for Regional Incentive Agreement Quotation (RFRIAQ) for the standardization of Wound Catheters, Drains & Drainage Systems. The major facilities in the area include but are not limited to Naval Medical Center San Diego; David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB; Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton; Robert E. Bush Hospital, Twenty-Nine Palms; Weed Army Community Hospital, Ft. Irwin; Naval Hospital Lemoore; 9th Medical Group, Beale AFB; 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB; 61st Medical Squadron, Los Angeles AFB; 95th Medical Group, Edwards AFB. This procurement is part of the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor program executed by the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Directorate of Medical Materiel. In order to participate, your company must have a Distribution and Pricing Agreement (DAPA) and a separate commercial agreement with the Prime Vendor for the program. This is pursuant to the DAPA clause by which DAPA holders agree to the Standardization process and to allow Prime Vendors to distribute their items. This is a supplement to the Prime Vendor Program and it is not a contract. For additional information regarding DSCP?s Prime vendor program please access our web site at: https://dmmonline.dscp.dla.mil. The Tri-Service Regional Business Office (TRBO) will provide anticipated volume (quantity) based on historical usage/forecasted requirements. The agreement will be for a base period of two (2) years (24 months) from date of award with three (3) 12-month option periods. Anticipated award date is Jul 2007. The evaluation will be based on technical, clinical, and pricing factors. The award will be determined utilizing best value/trade off criteria. Point of Contact is Cindy Ingrao, RN, MSN at (619) 532-8517; Email-Cingrao@nmcsd.med.navy.mil B.Products & Performance Required The Southwest Region is seeking product line items in the category of Wound Catheters, Drains & Drainage Systems used to drain blood and fluids from wounds and incisions after trauma or surgical procedures. The estimated total volume in this region for this product line is over $100,000 annually. At the request of the Southwest Region Military Treatment Facilities, vendors will provide on-site support and in-servicing, educational resources and tools for clinical use of the product, conversion information, prime vendor order numbers, MSDS information, and itemization of the brands, types and packaging information of the products offered by the vendor. C.Instructions to Offerors If you are interested in participating in this standardization initiative, email your (1) Company name and address, (2) POC (Name and Phone Number, Fax Number, E-mail address, and your answers to the technical questions/criteria below to Cingrao@nmcsd.med.navy.mil no later than March 14, 2007. This process will include the submission of electronic responses to technical criteria, no charge samples for clinical evaluation, and electronic best price offers as vendor requirements. D. Evaluation Criteria The Tri-Service Product Review Board (TPRB) is the governing board of the standardization process. This board includes clinicians and logisticians from all of the Military Treatment Facilities within the Southwest Region. They are the decision makers for this initiative. Vendors will be required to provide responses to the technical criteria. The TPRB will review the responses and determine acceptability. After review of the technical criteria, those vendors who meet the criteria will be invited to participate in the clinical/performance evaluation. The TPRB will request samples from the product group to be clinically evaluated at select Military Treatment Facilities. Clinical factors will be weighted more heavily than price. All vendors who provide samples for clinical evaluation will be asked to submit best value pricing for analysis. Pricing will be evaluated based on best value to the government and will be based on a committed volume for a two-year period with possible one-year option periods (not to exceed 5 years). The MTFs will evaluate the clinical/performance criteria using a Likert like format with a 1-7 scoring format (1 = Strongly Disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Slightly Disagree; 4 = Undecided; 5 = Slightly Agree; 6 = Agree; 7 = Strongly Agree). The CPT has set a threshold of 4.1 for acceptability of products for standardization. All clinical criteria are weighted equally. Clinical/performance results lower than 4.1 will not be considered acceptable and will be disqualified from further consideration in the standardization process. The results of the clinical evaluation of the products are the most important factor to the TPRB when making a best value decision. The TPRB considers pricing a secondary factor. 1. Technical Criteria Evaluation The TPRB will review the following technical criteria responses from each vendor and determine acceptability: 1.Does your company manufacture and/or distribute a full line of wound catheters, drains and drainage systems, and accessories? 2.Are your products available through the Prime Vendor, Cardinal? 3.What is your DAPA Number? 4.Under what brand(s) does your company manufacture or distribute your product? 5.Under what standards is your product manufactured? 6.Are your products FDA approved? 7.Are your products latex free? 8.Are your products single use and disposable? 9.Are your products radiopaque? What is the feature that makes it radiopaque? 10.What types of wound catheters, drains and drainage systems does your company manufacture (include whether they are closed or open)? 11.Please list the accessories your company offers. 12.For each type of product, does it come with gradations? If so, what makes it easy to read them without emptying the fluid? 13.Do you use non-toxic, color fast dyes for labeling on your products? 14.For each type of product, list the application for its use and amount of pressure of suction as applicable. 15.For each type of product, what is the configuration of the catheter/drain (number of lumens, number of eyes or openings, does it come with a trocar and whether it is flat or round as applicable) or system? 16.For each type of product, what sizes does it come in? 17.For each type of product, what materials is it made of and is the material clear or opaque? 18.For each type of product, what feature minimizes the risk of fragmentation on removal? 19.For each type of product, is the product available sterile and/or non-sterile? 20.For each type of product, what kind of packaging does it come in? Is this packaging appropriate for delivery to a sterile field? 21.For each type of product, what feature minimizes tissue trauma, discomfort and pain on removal? 22.Which of your drains have suture cuffs? 23.Which of your drains and drainage systems have extra lumens to permit irrigation and instillation of medications/fluids and have a micron antibacterial filter to remove bacteria from incoming air? 24.Which of your drains and drainage systems have anti-reflux valves? 25.If your company offers products in a non-sterile form, can they be autoclaved? 26.If your company offers systems, what makes your system easy to drain? 27.What types of connectors do you have to secure your drains and systems to the patient? 28.What types of educational tools or materials do you have for this product line? 29.What kind of staff training does your company provide? 30.Does your company provide customer service 24/7? 31.Is there any history of backorders and/or recalls for this product group? If yes, please answer: (a) Dates and duration, (b) Cause, (c) Resolution 2. Clinical Criteria Evaluation A Clinical Product Team (CPT) comprised of medical professionals that use the products from several disciplines will evaluate the products based upon on the following clinical criteria to determine acceptability: 1.The product is easy to use and is durable. 2.Drains with extra lumen permit irrigation and instillation of medications/fluids. 3.Suture cuffs are adequate. 4.Drains and drainage systems with suction or constant suction/evacuator have a dependable anti-reflux valve. 5.Drains and drainage systems with evacuator are easy to activate, measure and empty. 6.Drains with trocars perform as expected. 7.The products performed reliably. 8.The products come in a variety of sizes/types/to meet clinical need. 9.It is easy to identify the type and size from the packaging. 10.The packaging allows for easy delivery to a sterile field.
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