Q--Dental Prosthesis

The Department of Veterans Affairs Sierra Nevada Health Care System plans to issue a Request for Proposal to obtain Dental Prosthetics services. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, dental laboratory tools, supplies, equipment, supervision, and shipping to provide dental prosthetics to VA Reno. All services will be accomplished at the Contractor's facility. The Contractor shall fabricate dental prosthetic items in strict accordance with the dental laboratory prescription for the following items: complete dentures and removable partial dentures; gold and porcelain crowns and fixed bridges; TMJ mouth guards, obturators, and sleep apnea devices. To prevent allergic reactions only precious metals shall be used, therefore no nickel will be allowed or toxic materials, such as lead shall be used in the fabrication process. Quality Standards: Due to reports of lead contamination in dental appliances fabricated in China, all dental appliances supplied to VA dental clinics are to be manufactured in the United States using high quality materials that meet ANSI and FDA regulations. Moreover all dental appliances must comply with the Buy American Act. NAICS code 339116 applies with a size standard of less than 500 employees. This solicitation is a 100% small business set-aside. The contract will be an indefinite quantity type contract and is expected to include a one-year basic period, with four one-year options. The solicitation number for this RFP is VA-261-08-RP-0233. The Solicitation will be issued o/a August 20, 2008, with an anticipated proposal due date of September 5, 2008. All questions must be in writing and may be emailed to joel.burgess@va.gov. The Offeror is responsible for downloading all documents including amendments at the website listed above, without further notification from the VA Contracting Officer. Contractors must be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at www.ccr.gov and Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov/login.aspx