New York State Contract Reporter #2140202

Bulk medical and research gas supply with storage equipment for Roswell Park

Roswell Park is seeking qualified suppliers to provide bulk medical and research gases and the storage equipment needed to support clinical, research, and operational activities. - Government buyer: Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corp. / Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Supply Chain Management; contact named in the attachment: Rob Henschel. Buffalo, Erie County, New York. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or prospective suppliers are named in the solicitation. Any required replacement equipment must be equivalent to the existing systems. - Products and quantities: - Liquid nitrogen supply; usage quantity not specified. - Two 6,000-gallon liquid nitrogen tanks and one 4,500-gallon liquid nitrogen tank. - Liquid oxygen supply; usage quantity not specified. - One 6,000-gallon liquid oxygen tank and one 1,500-gallon liquid oxygen tank. - Services and requirements: Suppliers must provide reliable, uninterrupted gas delivery; furnish, install, commission, test, maintain, monitor, and replace equivalent equipment; and provide preventive maintenance and inspections for tanks and vaporizers. Suppliers must demonstrate relevant healthcare or research experience, operational and financial capacity, regulatory compliance, supply-chain redundancy, and emergency-response capability. - Transition and continuity: The supplier must plan and manage engineering, permitting, installation, removal of existing equipment, interim storage, site logistics and safety, communications, and contingency measures without interrupting clinical, patient-care, or research operations. Nonbinding budgetary pricing is requested for gas supply and capital equipment. - Term: The anticipated agreement is five years with a possible five-year renewal, or potentially a ten-year initial term. Exact start and end dates are not specified. - Potential competing suppliers: Airgas, Inc., Linde plc, Messer North America, Inc., and Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.

Description

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corp. is seeking Statements of Qualifications from firms to supply and deliver bulk medical gases and provide associated equipment for its clinical, research, and operational needs. The selected supplier must provide and maintain equivalent capital equipment for the existing and planned liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen storage systems. Equipment must be installed, commissioned, tested, and operational, with reliable gas supply, by May 20, 2027. Qualified respondents may be invited to participate in a subsequent Request for Proposals; this RFQ requests qualification information and budgetary pricing.

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