Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Syracuse VA Medical Center, is seeking a contractor to provide medical gases to the VA medical center facilities. The contractor will be responsible for providing, filling, transporting, handling, servicing, maintaining, delivering, picking up, and storing medical gases and cylinders for all facilities located within the VISN 2, Syracuse VA medical center catchment area. The contract will be for a period of 5 years with a base pricing period and 4 additional pricing periods. The contractor will be required to provide medical grade gases that comply with all applicable FDA, CGA, DOT, and other federal, state, and local acts, regulations, codes, and standards. Some key features of the contract include:
* Providing medical gases and cylinder rentals
* Establishing a committed source of supply and an IDIQ contract with a qualified firm
* Performing hydrostatic testing on government-furnished equipment (GFE) at the price indicated in the contract
* Providing training to VA staff upon request
* Maintaining liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence
* Complying with all applicable regulations and standards for the manufacture, testing, transportation, shipping, and packaging of medical gases.