The Indian Health Service (IHS), Phoenix Area Office (PAO), Division of Acquisition Management (DAM) intends to award at least two (2) short term six (6) months, Firm-Fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134 and Corps Medical Supply, LLC, 221 Traditional Lane, Janesville, WI 53545 in accordance with FAR 13.303.
The Government intends to acquire commercial items using FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in Far Part 13.
The BPA will be effective February 12, 2018 through August 11, 2018.
The acquisition sought is a BPA that will cover six (6) months to fill repetitive Intraocular Cataracts Lenses (IOLs) supply needs for the Integrated Surgical Service and Eye Department at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
PIMC performs cataracts surgeries in which a new intraocular cataracts lenses (IOLs) is used to replace the diseased lens. The NAICS is 339113 and the size standard is 750 employees.
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