Forrest Health
Bid # 1608
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Special Requirements for Bids
Forrest General Hospital
Attention: Purchasing Department
125 South 28th Avenue
Suite 100
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
(601) 288-1922
BID MUST BE RETURNED NO LATER THAN
May 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
Return Bid Envelope Must Be Marked on Outside:
BID # 1608 ENCLOSED
“Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Services”
Bid Opening Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Bid Opening Time: Immediately after 2:00 p.m.
Bid Opening To Take Place:
Forrest General Hospital
Purchasing Department
125 South 28th Avenue
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Forrest Health reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, as well as
waive any and all informalities it deems appropriate.
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Forrest Health
Bid # 1608
From: Paul DeFreese
Forrest General Hospital
Purchasing Department
125 South 28th Avenue
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
SUBJECT: BID INSTRUCTIONS
You are invited to bid on the attached request for quotation. Please read the
information carefully.
The terms and conditions stated in this Request for Quotation shall be considered
agreed to, unless specified otherwise. The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids and to waive irregularities and informalities in the bid.
Please place your Company Name, Contact Name, Address, Telephone Number, and
Email Address on the top left of page one (1). Complete all information as specified
on pages seven (7) and eight (8). Provide signature of an official of your company at
the bottom of page nine (9). On the Standard Contract Addendum, provide the name
of the Contractor on page ten (10) and signatures on page eleven (11). On the
Business Associate Addendum, provide date and name of Business Associate on page
twelve (12), name and address on page seventeen (17), and signature and title on
page eighteen (18).
Mail your bid as specified on the attached “Special Requirements” page to the above
address for the Forrest General Hospital Purchasing Department in a sealed envelope.
Quotation envelope must be marked with “BID #1608 ENCLOSED” and
“Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Services” on the outside of the sealed envelope.
Quotations received after the specified date, time and/or without bid # on the
outside of the envelope, shall not be considered. Faxed copies of bid will only be
accepted if faxed to an outside source and delivered to Forrest General Hospital
Purchasing Department in a sealed envelope with all required information on outside
of envelope.
Thank you,
Paul DeFreese
Purchasing Analyst
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Forrest Health
Bid # 1608
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION/PROPOSAL
FORREST HEALTH
P. O. BOX 16389, HATTIESBURG, MS 39404
(FOR SPECIFIED LOCATIONS)
Forrest Health reserves the right to reject any/or all bids and waive any informalities.
“Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) Services”
For all practical purposes in other sections of these bid specifications, the proposing bidder
may be referred to as the “Vendor” and Forrest Health may be referred to as the “Hospital.”
Clinical Requirements
1. Hospital will provide Vendor not less than two (2) hours advance notice of unscheduled or
emergency cases involving the provision of Services, and Vendor will ensure that Staff
provide the Services at that time and place reasonably requested by Hospital.
2. Vendor shall provide set up for Services in advance of the scheduled commencement of
the surgical procedure as mutually agreed.
3. Vendor shall be responsible for daily travel costs and costs of bringing in additional Staff
and/or Equipment as may be required for certain procedures.
4. When applicable, the professional component of the Services shall be contracted for by
Vendor. For remote monitoring, the professional shall be available to provide the surgeon
or attending physician, as applicable, with a verbal report, followed by written
authentication as required by regulatory agencies, of his or her interpretation of IONM
data collected during the performance of Services in such format as may be agreed upon
by the parties. As reasonably requested, Vendor agrees to use its reasonable efforts to
cause the written report to be provided within seventy-two (72) hours of the completion
of the procedure.
5. The Equipment shall be located at sites within Hospital’s premises as mutually agreed by
Hospital and Vendor. Any such site shall have all utility, secure data transmission, and
other connections, hookups, or means of attachment recommended or requested by
Vendor to secure the Equipment to Hospital’s premises or as otherwise necessary so that
the Equipment may be operated in the performance of the Services. Hospital shall not be
required to provide lockable space for Equipment.
6. IONM Modalities included in Services:
a. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP) – an intraoperative modality that stimulates
the peripheral nerves in upper and lower extremities to obtain information about the
sensory function of the spinal cord.
b. Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials (TcMEP) – an intraoperative modality that tests
the integrity of the motor tracks of the spinal cord via the use of electrical stimulation
through the cranium.
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Forrest Health
Bid # 1608
c. Electromyography (EMG) – an intraoperative modality used to stimulate the nerve
root to record compound muscle action potentials. The two (2) EMG techniques used
are triggered EMG and free running EMG.
d. Electroencephalography (EEG) – an intraoperative modality that records brain wave
activity.
e. Facial Nerve Monitoring – the recording of two (2) to four (4) channels of free-run and
triggered EMG responses during certain procedures where the facial nerve may be at
risk for injury.
f. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials – intraoperative modalities used to test the
integrity of the auditory system.
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Forrest Health
Bid # 1608
Forrest General Hospital Responsibility
1. The hospital shall provide one or more representative(s) who will interface with the
Vendor’s Representative to answer questions, verify bid specifications and verify
invoice information. Denise Jones-Lindley, Director of Surgery, will be the contact to
answer questions pertaining to this Bid at 601-288-1474 or
ajones@forrestgeneral.com.
2. The awarded vendor will be notified after the Bid opening by telephone, email or
letter.
3. The Hospital reserves the right to reject any or all Bids submitted and waive any
informalities, whichever is in the best interest of the Hospital.
4. The Hospital shall have, and hereby reserves and retains, the right and option to
terminate the contract with Vendor upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to
Vendor, either with or without cause.
Vendor Responsibility
1. It is recommended that the Vendor representative contact the Hospital representative
to discuss any questions about the bid specifications prior to submitting a bid proposal.
All bid documents are to be returned complete per bid specifications in order to be
considered.
2. Vendor must provide a copy of a Certificate of Insurance with bid. The amount of
Workers’ Compensation coverage required by Mississippi State Law. Commercial
General Public Liability with a minimum coverage of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence and
$3,000,000.00 in the annual aggregate. Automobile General Liability with a minimum
coverage of $1,000,000.00.
3. Vendor is required to register the company and sales team, including drivers, with
Forrest Health’s authorized Vendor Credentialing Program, Green Security.
4. The Vendor Representative will be responsible for completing and signing all
documents included in the bid packet. Vendors who do not submit all required
documents at the time of bid opening will not be considered.
5. Forrest Health will not be responsible for completing credit applications submitted by
the awarded vendor. Financial documents are included in the attached
documentation.
6. If two or more Vendors quote the same low (tie) bid and meets all bid specifications
and the terms in compliance with Section 31-7-15 (1), Mississippi Code 1972,
annotated, the hospital has the option to divide the purchase equally as possible to
each low Vendor or select the Awarded Vendor by drawing lots between or among the
low (tie) Vendors.
7. Forrest Health reserves the right to reject any or all bids and award one or more of the
options, whichever is in the best interest of the Hospital.
8. Documentation of trip logs must be provided to Forrest General for verification of
invoices. A sample of invoice is required in bid submission.
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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.