W065--Negative Pressure Wound VAC Therapy Rental Pittsburgh VAMC | Intent to Sole Source

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Procurement Office East (RPOE), Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO 4) intends to award a sole source contract with KCI USA, INC. (Doing Business as: Solventum Advanced Wound Care). They are located at 12930 W Interstate 10, San Antonio, TX 78249-2248. The contractor, KCI USA, is the proprietary vendor for the Wound VAC equipment.
The daily rental of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Units is requested for the VA Pittsburgh healthcare (VAPHC) at Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 and H.J. Heinz III campus, 1010 Delafield Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15240. VA Pittsburgh has standardized according to the KCI brand Wound V.A.C daily rentals for provision of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for various applications of wound treatment and this will provide continuity of care. The Wound Therapy System is an integrated wound management system. The V.A.C.® Therapy Units are for use only with proprietary V.A.C.® Therapy dressings (V.A.C.® GRANUFOAM Dressings, V.A.C.® GRANUFOAM SILVER Dressings, V.A.C. WHITEFOAM Dressings, V.A.C. VERAFLO Dressings), PREVENA Dressings or ABHTERA SENSAT.R.A.C. Open Abdomen Dressings and associated disposables utilizing the patented SENSAT.R.A.C. technology. KCI is the sole manufacturer of V.A.C.® Therapy products. The daily rentals of the V.A.C. Ulta Therapy Units (ULTDEV01/US.P.) is only available through KCI. They are the sole authorized distributor to the Government for the Wound V.A.C. Rentals under FSS contract: 36F79723D0119. A Task Order off contract #36F79723D0119 will include a period of performance of a base, one-year plus four one-year option periods. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 532283 and the standard size is $41.0M.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES; however, any responsible firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification and capability statements prior to the response due date and time. Vendors shall indicate if they are the direct supplier of the items. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to fulfil the requirements and must include relevant experience along with the applicable contract number, total contract dollar amount, contract period of performance, details of the relevant services, and customer point of contact.
Responses must include following information:
1. Company Name
2. SAM UEI number
3. Company s address
4. Point of Contact information (title, phone number and email address)
5. Business size
6. Socioeconomic status
7. Capability statement

Response received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information provided will not be returned.
Responses are due by Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 10:00 AM (EST). No submissions will be accepted after this date and time. Responses shall be submitted via email to arlene.albrite@va.gov.

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