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FedBizOppsSources Sought Notice*******CLASSIFICATION CODESUBJECTCONTRACTING OFFICE'SZIP-CODESOLICITATION NUMBERRESPONSE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY)ARCHIVEDAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATERECOVERY ACT FUNDSSET-ASIDENAICS CODECONTRACTING OFFICEADDRESSPOINT OF CONTACT(POC Information Automatically Filled fromUser Profile Unless Entered)DESCRIPTIONSee AttachmentAGENCY'S URLURL DESCRIPTIONAGENCY CONTACT'S EMAILADDRESSEMAIL DESCRIPTIONADDRESSPOSTAL CODECOUNTRYADDITIONAL INFORMATIONGENERAL INFORMATIONPLACE OF PERFORMANCE* = Required FieldFedBizOpps Sources Sought NoticeRev. March 201065VA248-15-N-0193 | DME VISN 8 | SOURCES SOUGHT33637VA248-15-N-019311-14-201430N621610Department of Veterans AffairsNetwork Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8)8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525Tampa FL 33637melva.stennis@VISN 8 MEDICAL CENTERSUSAmelva.stennis@Contracting OfficerSOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) (VISN 8) has a requirement for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Services, (DME includes all items of a therapeutic or rehabilitative nature, which are determined as medically necessary for home treatment of eligible veterans, e.g., hospital beds, over-bed tables, bathroom equipment, invalid lifts, hand cycles, stair glides, room air conditioners, standing tables, portable ramps, mobility (walking) aids, environmental control units (ECUs), etc.) for 7 VA Medical Centers.Included are: Bay Pines VAMC, Tampa VAMC, Orlando VAMC, West Palm Beach VAMC, Miami VAMC, Lake City VAMC, Gainesville VAMC, San Juan VAMC, and their associated Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). These facilities encompass the entire state of Florida (except for the western edge of the Florida Panhandle and a clinic in Pensacola) and Puerto Rico. The area of service shall be all patients serviced by the VISN 8 VA Medical Centers, including surrounding areas, regardless of where patient resides. The Government may solicit and award a contract(s) for a base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods. The contractor shall provide all supplies, materials, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, infection control, storage, cleaning, delivery, sanitization, assembly/set-up, repair, pick-up and patient training/instruction-in-the-use of Government-owned Durable Medical Equipment (DME). The contractor shall develop mechanisms and methods to register complaints, resolve emergencies, issue approval of Patient Rights and Responsibilities, and provide pertinent documentation of performing all tasks as identified herein for veteran patients in VISN 8. Contractor(s) shall be required to provide delivery, set-up, instructions-in-use, storage and/or pick up and routine service/refurbishment of DME.The successful contractor(s) shall meet or exceed the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. This requirement will be a matter of solicitation compliance. This notice is published to determine sources capable of providing the services required. Those companies capable and interested in a near future procurement should respond via email to melva.stennis@; subject line to read: “Sources Sought Response – DME” and provide the following information: (1) Name and address of company; (2) DUNS Number; (3) Primary Point of Contact with phone number and email address; (4) socio-economic status (very important); and any pertinent information, which demonstrates firm’s ability to meet the requirement. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTEDTHIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION REQUEST. A solicitation maybe published in the near future.Responses are due by 4pm (EST) November 14, 2014.NOTE: This Sources Sought (SS) is for planning purposes. No RFP/RFQ document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a RFP/RFQ. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this SS, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. ................
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