65 -- Surgical Tapes and Strips - Product Standardization

Military Hospitals - (Army, Navy, and Air Force) Tri-Service Mid-Atlantic Region Surgical Tapes and Strips – Product Standardization _____________________________________________________________________________POC: Bob Meinertzhagen, Logistics Team Leader, Tri-Service Regional Business Office, Mid-Atlantic Region, Norfolk, VA, Phone: (757) 953-2134. Potential sources sought to participate in the regional standardization of Surgical Tapes and Strips. TRICARE Mid-Atlantic Region, a military Integrated Delivery Network (IDN), comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard medical facilities in Virginia and North Carolina, is considering standardizing and establishing a single source Regional Incentive Agreement for Surgical Tapes and Strips. This is not a request for bid but an invitation to participate in a product evaluation process that will result in one vendor being selected to provide this product group to medical treatment facilities within TRICARE Mid-Atlantic Region. The vendor must be able to provide a full range of product. Vendors must also be able to meet regional product volume requirements; provide representatives and product for vendor demonstrations; and conduct product in-services for medical facility staff. A list of technical and clinical criteria and instructions will be provided to vendors, suppliers and manufacturers who are willing to participate. These vendors must be holders of a Distribution and Pricing Agreement (DAPA) with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), distribute products through DSCP’s Prime Vendor program, and carry a “full line of product” for the product group being considered. In addition, any products offered for consideration must either currently be on a DAPA or the vendor must indicate their willingness to add these products to their agreement or schedule. Please provide your company name, address, point of contact, telephone, fax and e-mail address. Also provide your DAPA number for the products being offered. Please respond by Email to: [email protected] or if no E-mail capability by phone at (757) 953-2134 or FAX (757) 953-5820 no later than 09 August 2006. A company must be a DAPA Holder to participate in our standardization process. If you need additional information on the DAPA system, you may call Ms. Kim Nichols at the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia. Her email is [email protected] or her phone number is (215) 737-7124.