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The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV, intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Alliant Healthcare Products 8850 M-89, Richland, MI 49083 under the authority of FAR 6.302. This acquisition will be accomplished using commercial item procedures in accordance with FAR Part 12. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 423450 and the business size standard is 100. The contractor will provide (8) Big Wheel mobility solution stretchers thermoformed abs base with extra capacity storage tray 700 lb weight capacity 26" wide patient surface w/3" mattress. 21" low height integrated utility tray litter mounted oxygen bottle holder integrated transfer board powerwashable 4-wheel ring brake system with dual end activators dual sife-mounted foot control hydraulics w/uni-lower pedal glideaway TM siderails 4 integrated IV receptacles integrated bumpers +/- trendelenburg 8" omni surface TM casters w/integrated wheel covers integrated foot end pull handles with 2 year warrant and 2 year parts, labor and travel; (8) Liftassist backrest/hydraulic knee gatch (30" surface); (8) Scale system w/knee gatch (30" surface); (8) Four sided brake/steer controls; (8) Three sided hydraulic controls; (8) Pop-up steering handles (head end); (8) Dual end siderail release; (8) 2 Stage permanent fold IV Pole-Head RT. (30" Surface); (8) 30" Transfer Board; (8) 5" x 30" Pioneer TM Surface; (8) 30" Width patient surface; (2) Operator Manual; (2) Service Manual. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, interested parties have until 10:00 AM local time, August 16, 2010 to submit, in writing, their interest, qualifications/capabilities, and literature, detailing how their products will meet VA requirements to the contracting office. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no responses are received, the VA will proceed with the sole source procurement.

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