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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 201 Hay Street, Suite 305 Fayetteville NC 28301

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Specialist LaToya Glover Latoya.Glover2@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

508 Fulton Street

Durham NC

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

This is sources sought announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses with special interest in seeking: VA certified Service-Disabled Veteran owned Business (SDVOSB); Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Small Business for small business concerns. No solicitation is being issued at this time. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Your responses will be due by Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 3:00PM (EST) to the point of contact listed below. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6, and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center anticipate a delivery for 30- day Holter monitors. This is a VHA Directive requirement for the facility to obtain equipment.

Equipment:

30-day Holter monitors and mobile outpatient (continuous) telemetry monitoring. The monitoring service includes monitoring the data received and generating various reports when the test is completed.

Place of Delivery:

Durham VAMC 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705

The appropriate NAICS Code 334510 and the small business size standard are 1,250 interested firms are reminded that in accordance with FAR 4.12, prospective contractors shall complete electronic annual representations and certifications in conjunction with FAR 4.11 required registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract.

ALL INQUIRIES SHALL BE MADE TO: Contracting Specialist: LaToya Glover; NCO 6, Fayetteville, North Carolina; email: LaToya.Glover2@VA.GOV

· Holter monitor features will include:

· Fully waterproof device that is safe to use while showering, bathing and swimming in water as deep as three (3) feet.

· Purposed BodyGuaridan Connect Smartphone – note the phone is not waterproof and should not be submerged in water or used in the shower or while bathing

· Two (2) BodyGuardian MINI Monitors

· One (1) Charging Cord

· Three (3) Saline Wipes (only included with strips)

· Your equipment will include either strips or an ECG lead set (with electroides) based on guidance from the VA facility. You will not receive both. Please follow the instructions for the equipment you receive.

· Long-term Holter features will include:

· Fully waterproof device that is safe to use while showering, bathing and swimming in water as deep as three (3) feet.

· One (1) BodyGuardian MINI EL monitor

· One (1) Charging Cord

· Three (3) Saline Wipes

· Your equipment will include either slide strips (patches) or an ECG lead set (with electrodes) based on guidance from the VA facility. You will not receive both. Please follow the instructions for the equipment you receive.

· Long Term Holter Monitor features will include:

· One button recording for symptomatic events

· Date and time stamp of event

· Ability to be worn up to 14 days as long-term holter Device will be approved for detection of Symptomatic/asymptomatic

· Tachycardia

· Bradycardia

· Pause

· AF via the use of an algorithm that uses variability to detect AF and the rapid onset of other arrhythmias

· Patient-activated symptomatic events

Specification requirements:

· Vendor will be a Certified Diagnostic Testing Facility. (CMS requirement)

· Joint commission accreditation preferred.

· Vendor will provide 24 hour a day service to receive patient transmitted data, perform a preliminary interpretation, and notify the physician of potentially life threatening arrhythmias. (CMS requirement and current standard of care).

· Vendor will provide MobileCardiac Telemetry.

· Vendor will have the ability to change preliminary reports online.

· Vendor will provide 24 hour customer support. This representative is familiar with the interface and available in person or face to face troubleshooting

· Vendor will demonstrate an internal Quality Assurance program.

· Vendor will participate in a collaborative Quality Assurance program.

· Vendor will supply the monitors to the facility which will be tested by the vendor prior to each patient application shipping to the VA Medical Center. The par levels for the monitors should always be at 90%.

· Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT), Auto-Trigger Monitors will transmit data by cellular technology.

· Data will be available to the facility VIA an internet application that complies with VA information security policies. Vendor will ensure prior patient’s readings are cleared before the monitor is given to another patient.

Training: Vendor will provide end user staff training on proper use and patient education.

User and Service Manuals: Vendor will provide 2 complete printed sets as well as electronic version of operator manuals.

Deliverables: Once the monitoring period is completed, the vendor will provide a final report within 24 hours of the last transmission of study data. The vendor will ensure the final report has no duplicates before submission. The vendor will also provide report regeneration functionality via the web portal so that physicians are able to modify reports with their comments. Notification of all emergent arrhythmias including Serious, Critical and Stable arrhythmias will be made to the Durham VAMC based upon a mutually agreed upon notification protocol that is reviewed and approved by both parties prior to starting the monitoring services. Appropriate phone numbers, e-mails and on call schedules, if required, will be provided to Vendor prior to the commencement of monitoring services. The physician will be able to review the ECG data associated with the notification without delay to ensure quality controls and nothing is missed. Compliance audits will be conducted to insure notification protocol is being followed.

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