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36C26024Q0026 SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

GENERAL INFORMATION

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CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston SC 29403-5799

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Darius Crane darius.crane@va.gov

(843) 577-5011

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Carl Vinson VAMC

Specialty/Anc. Service

1826 Veterans Blvd

Dublin GA

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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

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Sources Sought Notice

This is a Sources Sought NOTICE (SSN) ONLY. The U.S. Government is conducting market research only to determine the availability of qualified sources capable of providing Interpretation of Home Sleep Study Testing Services. Potential Contractors are invited to provide a response via e-mail to Contract Specialist Darius Crane at darius.crane@va.gov by January 17, 2025, 14:00PM (EST). Responses will be used to determine the appropriate strategy for a potential acquisition. Please clearly identify any information your company considers sensitive or proprietary. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Quotation (RFQ), or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited quotes in response to this sources sought synopsis. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, if any is issued. Vendors responding to this notice shall include in the subject line of their email “36C24725Q0287 HOME SLEEP STUDY TESTING”

BACKGROUND: The Carl Vinson VA HealthCare System, Dublin, GA has a requirement for a contractor to provide Home Sleep Study Testing Services. Please see draft Statement of work below for requirements.

NAICS: 621610 (Home Health Care Services)

Interested potential Contractors please provide the following.

1) Company Name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address, and UEI

Please indicate business size:

Small Disadvantage Business (SDB)____ 8(a)____ Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)____ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)____ Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)_____ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)_____ Women-Owned Small Business concerns (WOSB)_____ Small Business_____ Large Business_____

Please state if you possess a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)______.

2) Please submit a brief capability statement (maximum two pages) with enough information to demonstrate to the Veterans Affairs that your company can meet the Home Sleep Study Testing Services and that the Contractor has access to the WatchPAT Direct Program and can receive electronic orders, as well as evidence demonstrating the Contractor has authority to distribute Peripheral Arterial Tone (PAT) signal technology testing devices to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

**Draft Statement of Work**

1. GENERAL: The new service request will include having the company not only provide the interpretation service, but they will also send out the equipment to the veterans and interpret the study once it is returned to them. They will maintain the upcoming studies and close out timely.

2. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: This is an interpreting service that will send out home study kits for the veterans to use at home. Once the kit is returned to the company, they will interpret the study and then provide cpap/bipap machines to the veteran if ordering is required.

3. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: The interpreting service will directly send out the home sleep study kits to the veterans. Once the kits are returned to the service and study interpreted the veteran will receive machines as needed if provider orders the equipment.

4. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MONITORING:

A. The government reserves the right to monitor services in accordance with performance requirements.

B. CloudPAT website enables the interpreting physician as well as the sleep technologist to access sleep studies and prescriptions.

5. DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION:

All work required in the performance of this contract shall be performed during the hours of Monday – Saturday 24/7 and reports/results should be returned within 48 hours after test have been uploaded.

· The Watch PAT studies are interpreted by board certified sleep physician.

· The interpretation will include:

· Diagnosis

· Therapy prescription if needed

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