# The Villages Community Development District #27SS-004

Taylor Healthcare linens and soft stretchers for The Villages Community Development Districts

**Posted:** November 04, 2026
**Respond By:** November 25, 2026
**Identifier:** 27SS-004
**NAICS:** 423450, 812331, 339113

The Villages Community Development Districts’ Public Safety Department is considering a sole-source purchase of Taylor Healthcare linens and soft stretchers for EMS, fire, and hospital use.
- **Buyer:** The Villages Community Development Districts, Public Safety Department; Purchasing Department. The attachment names Kathleen Godfrey.
- **Proposed OEM:** **Taylor Healthcare Products, LLC** (also identified as Taylor Healthcare Products, Inc.), described as the manufacturer and distributor of Taylor Healthcare products.
- **Existing equipment OEM:** **Stryker**; the District’s existing soft stretchers are identified as Stryker equipment.
- **Products requested:** Disposable and reusable linens, plus soft stretchers. No quantities, models, or part numbers are specified.
- **Key requirement:** Equivalent soft stretchers must be compatible with the District’s existing Stryker stretchers. Respondents may provide evidence of their ability to supply equivalent products and demonstrate technical capability and compatibility.
- **Procurement context:** This is a notice of intent to pursue a sole-source designation, not a bid solicitation. No contract value or period of performance is provided.

### Description

The notice concerns disposable and reusable linens and soft Stryker stretchers for EMS, Fire, and Hospital markets. The District intends to negotiate and award a sole/single-source procurement to Taylor Healthcare Products, LLC. This is not an Invitation to Bid or Request for Proposal; responses are sought only to determine whether a competitive procurement should be conducted. Respondents must document their capability to provide equivalent products, including technical capability and compatibility with the District’s existing soft Stryker stretchers.

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