# FY24: Vascular Surgical Instruments

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24824q1329

- Solicitation number: 36C24824Q1329
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 248-Network Contract Office 8 (36C248)
- NAICS: 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6515 Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
- Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside
- Place of performance: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- County: San Juan Municipio (FIPS 72127). https://abierto.us/counties/san-juan-municipio-pr-72127
- City: San Juan. https://abierto.us/cities/san-juan-pr-7276770
- First posted: July 15, 2024
- Last posted: September 24, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/25e31c403dd043568f18ab01939d212a/view

## Description

Vascular Surgical Instruments for the Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), RFQ no. 36C24824Q1329.

The purpose of this amendment is to cancel the solicitation, due to an incorrect determination regarding the applicability of a waiver of the Non-Manufacturing Rule (NMR) for NAICS code 339112. During the Market Research phase of this procurement, this office made the incorrect determination that the Small Business Administration's (SBA) inclusion of NAICS code 339112 on the NMR waiver list meant that the NMR for all procurements under such NAICS were waived.

Under such understanding, as well as the determination that the VA Rule of Two was met during the MR phase, a set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) was made, after following the NMR decision tree found at the Veterans Healthcare Administration's Procurement Guide (VHAPG) 810.001. However, it was later determined that the NMR waiver for NAICS code 339112 was specific for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) manufacturing, and not for all procurements under said NAICS.

As a result of the above determination and following the same NMR decision tree found at the VHAPG 810.001, a set-aside should ve been made to Small Businesses and not SDVOSBs, since there is no applicable waiver for the NAICS code of this procurement. Therefore, the Request for Quote no. 36C24824Q1329 is hereby cancelled, and will be re-procured under another solicitation which will be set-aside for Small Businesses.

## Publications

- July 15, 2024: Sources sought, due July 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 48d07dc7bacf4c15a9cff4aeec13bdfa. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/48d07dc7bacf4c15a9cff4aeec13bdfa/view
- August 13, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 916ced58f8c140d2b6e6d218d5a6eb0b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/916ced58f8c140d2b6e6d218d5a6eb0b/view
- September 24, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 25e31c403dd043568f18ab01939d212a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/25e31c403dd043568f18ab01939d212a/view

## Points of contact

- Wilfredo Perez, Contracting Officer, wilfredo.perez3@va.gov, 939-759-6783

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