6515--Bottle Tablet Counter 36C26225Q1051

This combined synopsis/solicitation is full and open/unrestricted for commercial supplies prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a request for quotes under solicitation number: 36C26225Q1051 The Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program has a requirement for Bottle Tablet Counter Equipment. The Contractor shall furnish all supplies/services at VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center located in 2401 Centre Avenue, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. Shipping term is FOB Destination; all shipping cost must be included in the unit cost. NOTE: Potential offers must be aware that the items being acquired are procured as Brand Name or Equal. For those items that are or equal , a description of the salient characteristics is outlined below. The FAR Clause 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal applies to this acquisition. Offeror quotations must demonstrate meeting the salient physical, and functional characteristics included in this solicitation, otherwise, they will be considered non-responsive and not considered for award. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM signed. The letter must either state specific product(s) quoted or that the quoter is an authorized distributor for all the manufacturer s products. This letter must be on the manufacturer s letterhead and contain the signature of an authorized official for the manufacturer. CLIN Description Quantity UOM 0001 DATA Tablet Counter ICU 60 machines or equivalent bottle tablet counter 1 EA 0002 Additional accessories purchase to perform required functions listed under salient characteristics (if applicable) 1 JB 0003 Installation and training (if applicable) 1 JB The solicitation will be in accordance with FAR Part 12, 13, and 19, Acquisition of Commercial Items, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Small Business Programs, and Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations as supplemented with additional information in this notice. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334514, Size Standard 850 Employees. The Contractor shall adhere to all federal and state laws and regulations in effect during the term of this contract. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract. The Contract begins on the date of award. System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM. In advancement of Section 2 of Executive Order 14208, the removal of requirements related to Executive Order 14057 eliminates all non-statutory sustainability requirements or preferences in purchases of food service wares, including paper straws. In addition to removing requirements related to Executive Order 14057, the attachment also reflects recent updates to Code of Federal Regulation citations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture s BioPreferred Program, a statutory purchasing preference program. Key solicitation milestones are: Submit any questions regarding this procurement via email to Hestia.Sim@va.gov no later than 10am Pacific Local Time Friday, June 27, 2025. No questions will be answered after this date/time unless determined to be in the best interest of the Government as determined by the Contracting Officer. Telephonic questions will not be accepted or returned. RFI responses will be responded to as necessary in amendment format which will be posted to contract opportunities at http://SAM.gov. Due to time constraints, responses to the solicitation shall be due on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 10:00 Pacific Time. Offerors are advised that it is your responsibility to review and monitor the website frequently to ensure you have the most up to date information, including amendments. Correspondence or questions may be directed to Hestia Sim, Contracting Specialist at Hestia.Sim@va.gov with " 36C26225Q1051, Bottle Tablet Counter in the subject line within 48 hours of release of this notice. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. Inquiries after the allotted period may not be responded to due to the time constraints of the procurement. All offerors must be registered in www.sam.gov to do business with the Government. Ensure your registration is correct, current and has not expired.

The Amendment 0001 against RFQ/Solicitation 36C26225Q1051 is issued To post the revised salient characteristics. Refer to below, highlighted for changes. To extend the offer due date through 7/7/2025 10am Pacific Local Time. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. Bottle Tablet Counter must have following salient characteristics: Bottle Tablet Counter must have following salient characteristics: Tablet counting approaching 100% accuracy as documented by qualifications of development machines and counters previously sold. Data must be provided with the offer for evaluation. Must take less than 3 minutes to tear down the bottle filler and less than 3 minutes to reassemble the bottle filler. Must be insensitive to dust; the counter does not have to be shut down to clean off the sensor when dust on product (primarily from tablets) covers the sensor. Must be able to count tablets and capsules, soft gels (liquid filled soft gelatin capsules), oily, shiny, translucent, or reflective products. Product changeover must not require tools. Tablet and capsules counting mechanism (camera counting system) must not touch the product to minimize cleaning. Must have wireless connectivity to allow remote connection to the machine to provide service and troubleshooting support if needed. Must have an ability to control remotely for support if needed. Filler equipment that extends over the conveyor belt and into the operator area is not acceptable due to limited space at the facility. Must be able to separate the camera vision system from the feeding track. Must provide a minimum of five (5) year parts warranty. Must be vision-based system; the system uses cameras, lighting, sensors, and imaging processing software to automatically inspect tablets and capsules for defects and deviations from pre-set (recipe driven) criteria and to accurately and quickly count the number of tablets/capsules being filled into each bottle. Must process up to 60 bottles per minute for 100 count bottles, and 15 bottles per minute for 1000 count bottles. Must have a minimum of 30L hopper capacity. Must be able to process following dimension bottles: 40mm 200mm height, 30mm 120mm diameter, round and oval shaped bottles. Must be able to process tablet and/or capsule of 3mm 30mm in length, 2mm 20 mm in diameter/width. Equipment s input voltage must be 230 VAC 50 / 60HZ, single phase, 1000W. Compressed Air: Air intake system 6mm, dry air compressor, 6 bar VA currently has an in-house compressed air system. Equipment exceeding this amount of compressed air is not acceptable, as it would require an additional purchase to meet the increased demand. Product contact parts must be 316L stainless steel or FDA approved product contact material. Parts must be corrosion resistant. Must provide a minimum of one year warranty on equipment and a minimum of five warranty on parts without extra charge Software upgrades over life of the bottle filler must be included in the purchase price. Must be Wi-Fi compatible (remote connectivity) Overall dimension must not exceed footprint of 45 X 22 X 76.5 . Must fit through a door with a height of 76.5 , width of 6 Total equipment must not exceed 2,300 lbs. Must not exceed 70 decibel rating when running 7mm round tablets to prevent noise pollution at the facility. Must have a defective product verification system which recognizes defective product and broken pieces as small as 0.5mm. The counter shall stop counting when it detects a defective product and shall reject the bottle. Must have a defective product verification; if the system believes the count is incorrect or there is a defective or incorrect products in the bottle, the equipment must push the bottle off the line at the reject station. Must include an integrated, automated gating/indexing system that facilitates continuous bottle flow and counting. Must have sensors for bottle orientation (upside down), bottle in filling position, reject station, outfeed. Must have Touch-panel/screen, PC-based HMI with intuitive graphic interface Must have adjustable height The contractor must install equipment at the Pharmacy Coordinating Center (PCC). Must detect foreign color. Must have Color detection + 10% color difference per color for tablets or capsules being run for its accuracy. Must be capable of at least three (3) tablet/capsule precounts (precounts product to ensure continuous, uninterrupted operation of the filling line). Must be able to count tablets and capsules. Must count an infinite number of tablets per bottle. There must be no blind spots in the counting area. Must have a vision and algorithm-based counting. Must be Federal and Drug Administration (FDA) Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant. Must include an automated product recipe setup specifically designed for drug products, in order to minimize manual configuration and reduce overall setup time. Measurements shall be taken using camera and product (calibrations or similar) holding tool for input in the product recipe. Must be able to process Unlimited Recipe programs for products. Vendor must provide on-site training a minimum twice for a year. Must provide Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) at the contractor/manufacture site and provide a video link for PCC personnel to observe the testing. Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) must be conducted by contractor at the PCC facility and observed by at least one PCC staff member IQ/OQ documents must be provided in English no less than one month prior to conducting IQ/OQ verifications. Must provide English Language Operations and Maintenance Manuals. Must provide English Language Equipment schematics.