J065--ConMed AirSeals service
The VA is conducting market research via a sources sought to assess qualified SDVOSB, VOSB, small business manufacturers, other small businesses, and large businesses capable of providing authorized CONMED AirSeal Insufflator service, with results used to determine set-aside. The intended firm-fixed-price contract would provide on-site full-service maintenance and repair for eight CONMED AirSeal IFS units at VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108-1597, with a base year commencing immediately after award. The scope includes preventive and corrective maintenance, parts replacement, software/system updates, no-cost loaner and overnight replacement shipment with return label, 24/7/365 telephone technical support, remote diagnostics, and normal working hours of 0600-1630. The contractor must provide service reports within 7 business days, personnel must have at least two years of field service engineer experience or meet OEM standards, and no subcontracting is authorized. Responses should identify company size under NAICS 541990 (small business threshold of less than $19.5 million in annual receipts), SDVOSB/VOSB status with VetCert certification if applicable, and a courtesy quote for price reasonableness; the government will not reimburse response costs.