36C10G20Q0055-002.docx

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For

NON-EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT

TOPCON LM-8E BRAND NAME OR EQUAL

MANUAL LENSMETERS

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 manual lensmeter product line as a candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) Requirements contract award.

A lensmeter, also referred to as lensometer, is an ophthalmic instrument that's most often used to ensure that a pair of eyeglasses has been ground to the correct prescription. A manual lensmeter can provide the basic parameters of a lens. If a patient presents a pair of spectacles to you and does not know the Rx of the lenses, a lensmeter will enable you to determine the sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism present in each lens.

The Vendor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements of the solicitation. The objective is to provide manual lensmeters to be used by clinicians throughout the VA medical centers and facilities. The period of performance shall be for one 12-month base period with two 12-month option periods.

2. REQUIREMENT

This requirement will be IAW FAR clause 52.211-6, “Brand Name or Equal” which requires the vendor indicate that each product being offered is an “equal” product to the Topcon LM-8E manual lensmeter. For each equal product, the vendor 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 vendor must also clearly identify the item by brand name (if any) and make/model number. Finally, the vendor 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 Topcon LM-8E manual lensmeter as listed above or equal commodities which meet all of the following salient characteristics (SC):

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