Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23, is seeking a contractor to provide medical gases in cylinders, including fills and cylinder rentals, for 8 VA Health Care Systems and their clinics and off-site locations. The contractor will be responsible for providing, filling, transporting, handling, servicing, maintaining, delivering, picking up, and storing medical gases and cylinders. The contractor must also provide an online, customer-facing web application for VA staff to place orders and view and download order confirmations, proof of delivery, cylinder audits, and invoices. The contract will be for a base year and four option years.
Some key points to note include:
• The contractor must provide medical grade gases that comply with FDA, CGA, DOT, and other federal, state, and local regulations.
• The contractor must maintain liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence.
• The contractor must provide training to VA staff on the use of the online web application and on the safe operation of medical gas cylinders.
• The contractor must conduct annual cylinder inventory audits at each main VA facility.
• The contractor must provide a written action plan and protocols in place to ensure compliance with VA requirements in the event of a declared national or state emergency.