What this opportunity is
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor for a one-year maintenance service contract for LivaNova 3T Heater/Coolers at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. This opportunity falls under NAICS 811210, making it suitable for small businesses specializing in equipment maintenance. The notice type is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, indicating that interested vendors should prepare to submit proposals rather than simply track the opportunity. Contractors must provide all necessary labor, parts, and tools for both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
BACKGROUND
The Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System requires the purchase of a service and maintenance contract for the LivaNova 3T Heater/Coolers employed at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center.
This system is proprietary, highly specialized, and essential for operations at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. A service contract will lead to improved reliability, decreased downtime, and improved patient care.
REQUIRED SERVICES
The contractor shall furnish labor, parts, supplies and equipment necessary to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and periodic preventive maintenance inspections for the equipment listed below. Equipment is located at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, 1700 N Wheeling Street, Aurora, CO 80045.
The contractor shall furnish all spare and replacement parts needed to service the equipment. The price of all parts used to perform all scheduled preventive and unscheduled maintenance shall be included in the coverage. The Government will not pay for any parts provided (during either scheduled or unscheduled maintenance), by the contractor during the period of the medical equipment being covered. Only new standard parts (manufactured by the maker of the equipment, or equal) shall be furnished to maintain the equipment.
The contractor shall provide tools, (test) equipment, service manuals or service diagnostic software. The contractor shall obtain, have on file, and make available to its FSE's all operational and technical documentation (such as; operational and service manuals, schematics, and parts list) necessary to meet the performance requirements and repair of the medical equipment. A reference list of applicable service manuals and their respective locations shall be provided to the Biomedical Engineer upon request.
The Contractor shall perform PM Service to ensure that the equipment listed performs in accordance with the original manufacturer’s specifications. Annual PM Service must be completed by December 31st of each year. An outline of the PM schedule and procedures shall be provided to the Biomedical Engineer. PM services shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
Cleaning of equipment.
Reviewing operating system software diagnostics to ensure that the system is operating in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
Calibrating and lubricating the equipment.
Performing remedial, non-emergent maintenance.
Testing and replacing faulty and worn parts and/or parts likely to fail or become faulty or worn.
Inspection and replacement of worn or frayed electrical wiring and cables.
Returning the equipment to the operating condition and mode
Providing documentation of services performed.
All service/repairs shall be performed during normal hours of coverage unless requested or approved by the Biomedical Engineer. The only exception is hardware/software update/upgrade installations which shall be scheduled and performed outside normal hours of coverage at no additional charge to the Government (unless it would be detrimental to equipment up-time; to be determined by the Biomedical Engineer).
The contractor shall provide any applicable system updates and enhancements at the discretion of the contractor at no additional cost.
All exceptions to the PM schedule shall be arranged and approved in advance with the Point of Contact, or Biomedical Engineer. The Contractor shall provide and utilize procedures and checklists with worksheet originals indicating work performed and actual values obtained (as applicable). This documentation shall be provided to the Point of Contact at the completion of the PM.
Work performed outside the normal hours of coverage, at the request of FSE, shall be considered service during normal hours of coverage and shall be exempt from an extra labor hour charge.
The contractor shall provide repair service which may consist of calibration, cleaning, oiling, adjusting, replacing parts, and maintaining the equipment, to include all intervening service calls performed between scheduled services and calibrations. All required parts shall be furnished by the contractor to the VA at no cost. The contractor shall repair the equipment to functional level equivalent to the original manufacturer’s specifications.
Only the Biomedical Engineer, Point of Contact, or Contracting Office Representative designated by the CO has the authority to approve/request an unscheduled maintenance service call to the contractor.
The contractor's FSE shall respond on site within four (4) hours after receipt of request for service. The contractor shall provide parts, if required to effect repair, within 24 hours of diagnosing the problem.
There shall be no hourly charge to the Government for unscheduled, in-person, maintenance performed within the normal hours of coverage, 8:00am MST to 5:00pm MST. Work performed outside the normal hours of coverage, at the request of the Biomedical Engineer, Point of Contact, or Contracting Office Representative, shall be invoiced separately and shall not have service rendered until Purchase Order is obtained. In the event of a Government caused delay, the VA will pay hourly labor charges for unscheduled service the inadvertently extends beyond the specified normal hours of coverage.
SPECIFIC SERVICE FOR
LivaNova/Sorin 3T Heater/Cooler
Serial Number: 16S17484
VA Equipment Entry (EE) Number: 554 MX1053749
LivaNova/Sorin 3T Heater/Cooler
Serial Number: 16S17811
VA Equipment Entry (EE) Number: 554 MX1287995
The contract shall provide 24/7 remote, technical support for the LivaNova/Sorin 3T Heater/Cooler systems employed at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center.
Period of Performance
Base: August 1st, 2026, to July 31st, 2027
Option 1: August 1st, 2027 to July 31st, 2028
HOURS OF COVERAGE
Normal hours of coverage are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding the federal holidays listed as follows:
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