Maintenance, Repairs, and Support for Dräger Ventilators and Vaporizers

• (i) Maintenance, Repairs, and Support for Drager Ventilators / Vaporizers. See attached Performance Work Statement.
• (ii) This procurement will be awarded using simplified procedures to procure certain commercial products or commercial services (see part 12). The award will be made to the vendor that provides the best value to the government. The agency intends to solicit directly from the OEM and OEM-authorized service providers.
• (iii) This is an unrestricted solicitation, and all responsible sources may submit a quotation, which will be considered by the agency. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT /

SCOPE OF WORK Maintenance, Repairs, and Support for Drager Ventilators / Vaporizers 523-26-3-7441-0041 REQUESTING SERVICE: Clinical Engineering.

Objective: To provide Draeger-certified technicians for preventive maintenance, repairs, and support for the VA Boston Healthcare System (BHS) Anesthesia Machines & Anesthesia Vaporizers in the operating rooms, VA Medical Centers, Brockton, 940 Belmont Street, Jamaica Plain, 150 South Huntington Avenue, and West Roxbury, 1400 VFW Parkway. 2.0

Background: These machines are owned by VA and have been maintained by Drager personnel for the past five years. They are used to administer anesthesia to patients undergoing surgical procedures. These machines provide a continuous supply of medical gases (oxygen and nitrous oxide) mixed with an accurate concentration of anesthesia vapor (isoflurane, sevoflurane, d-vapor) and deliver the mixture at a safe pressure and flow. The delivery of these gases renders the patient unconscious. This equipment is highly technical and specialized, and requires technicians certified to perform this work. The training and certification of technicians is provided by Drager, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). BHS clinical engineering (CE) does not have the qualified staff for this service. 3.0 Scope: The Vendor shall accomplish the

deliverables, provide all certified technicians, labor, personnel, equipment, tools, materials, parts, supervision, and other items necessary to perform onsite preventive maintenance (PM), repairs, and support on the BHS Draeger equipment listed on pages 3- 5 below. 3.1 Contractor on Site: When required by BHS, requested and authorized by a BHS purchase order (PO) an FSA must be on-site the next business day. 3.2 Professional Qualifications: The assigned field service agent (FSA) must have the appropriate training, experience, expertise, and certification by the OEM to work on the equipment identified in paragraph 10 below. 4.0 Scheduling a Visit: Contact the BHS CE department at (857) 203-5517 or [email protected]) Or another CE staff member to schedule a visit at a mutually agreed-upon date and time. 4.1 Security

Requirements: FSA shall report to Clinical Engineering or another government-designated representative to check in and obtain a short-term identification (ID) badge. This must be obtained before any work is performed. 4.2 Identification: FSA must present a current (not expired) Federal ID, PIV card, State or local government /badge before the temporary Federal is issued. 5.0 Upon Arrival: All contractors can proceed to CE, building 1 (older brick building), ground floor, room GB112 (next to Hanscom Credit Union), where the is verified. If deemed official, the CE liaison will have the contractor sign in and will then give the FSA a temporary U. S. Government The badge shall be worn prominently by the FSA while on VA Property. 5.1 Work Site: The contractor will be escorted by CE staff or other designated VA employee to the work site and must return to Clinical Engineering to sign out and turn in said badge along with the documented service report for the service performed. If there is a need to replace any hard drive, hard drives and all information on them, are the property of the VA and must remain under the control of the VA Clinical Engineering department for proper destruction. 6.0 Federal Law: The FSA must follow all Government laws, rules and regulations regarding National Security, patient privacy and information security. And must adhere to the Privacy Act, HIPAA, and COVID-19 screening