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PRODUCT DECRIPTION

For

NON-EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT:

CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY SYSTEMS STANDALONE

Prepared By:

Strategic Acquisition Center Department of Veterans Affairs 10300 Spotsylvania Avenue, Suite 400 Fredericksburg, VA 22408

1. SCOPE OF WORK:

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Non-Expendable Equipment National Program has identified the Corneal Topography Systems Standalone product line as a candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) single Requirements contract award.

Topcon ® or equal Lensometer or lensmeter, also known as a focimeter or vertometer, is an ophthalmic instrument. It is mainly used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, eye care technicians and opticians to verify the correct prescription in a pair of eyeglasses, to properly orient and mark uncut lenses, and to confirm the correct mounting of lenses in spectacle frames. Lensmeters can also verify the power of contact lenses, if a special lens support is used.

The Contractor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for the solicitation. The Period of Performance will be from date of award for a base period of 12 months with two (2) 12-month option periods. The contractor will be required to deliver Waste Disposal Units to VHA facilities throughout the United States, U.S. Territories, Guam, and the Philippines. Delivery requirements shall be specified under each individual order.

2. REQUIREMENT

This requirement will be IAW FAR clause 52.211-6, “Brand Name or Equal” which requires the quoter indicate that each product being offered as an “equal” product to the Topcon CL_Lensmeter. For each equal product, the offeror must include a description reflecting the salient characteristics (SC) and level of quality that will satisfy the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics of the equal product(s) specified in the solicitation. The quoter must also clearly identify the item by brand name (if any) and make/model number. Finally, the quoter must include descriptive literature, such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the contracting officer, and clearly describe any modifications it plans to make to a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking vendors who can provide the Topcon CL_300 Lensmeter as listed above or equal commodities which meet allof the following nine (9) salient characteristics:

CLIN’s 0001 apply to the following SC’s:

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