6515--Hemosphere Alta Advanced Monitoring System

Special Notice Special Notice Page 3 of 3 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 3 Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to 1st American Medical Distributors, Inc.,151 Heritage Park Dr. STE 201 Murfreesboro, TN 37129-0505 for procurement of the following equipment: Item Number Item Details Quantity Unit of Measure ALTASRSV2 HemoSphere Alta Smart Recovery Bundle with Acumen IQ/ClearSight, Pressure Cable for Acumen IQ/FloTrac, and Alta 360. Kit contains: ALTASR1, HEMPC2K, EVHRS, HEMAPSC200,50038354001. Alta 360 Program 24-month Plan 12 EACH PCCVR PRESSURE CONTROLLER COVER PCCVR Included with HemoSphere, HemoSphere Alta, and HemoSphere Vita bundles, as well as Acumen IQ cuff, ClearSight cuff, and VitaWave cuff module upgrade kits. 12 EACH HEMRLSTD1000 HemoSphere Roll Stand 12 EACH Address: VA North Texas Veterans Health Care System (VANTHCS), Dallas VA Medical Center, located at 4500 Lancaster, Building 2, Dallas, Texas 75216-7167. The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a standalone firm-fixed price contract award. The requesting activity has submitted a sole source letter from Edwards Lifsciences stating that Edwards Lifesciences LLC is the sole source provider of Edwards hemodynamic monitors and their components, including but not limited to: HemoSphere Monitor HemoSphere Alta Monitor HemoSphere Vita Monitor HemoSphere Stream Module These monitors are proprietary to Edwards. 1st American Medical Distributors, Inc. ( 1st American ) is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and is authorized to distribute to the VA and Department of Defense. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 4 days from the publication of this notice, a contract or order will be issued to 1St American Medical Distributors, Inc., without any further notice. The anticipated authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 and RFO FAR 12.201-1, Simplified procedures.