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SUBJECT*

Intent to sole source: Thor Photomedicine (VA-21-00077583)

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Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319

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lynn.portman@va.gov

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Special Notice Special Notice

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Special Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Thor for the Thor Pod and the Thor LX2 package to it will be used in medical grade treatment protocols for common neurologic conditions (i.e., stroke, TBI, Neuropathy. THOR provides the only medical grade equipment and treatment protocols for common neurologic conditions (i.e., stroke, TBI, neuropathy). Most other companies have designed their equipment for orthopedic conditions. Furthermore, most vendors do not allow adjustments to treatment settings. In addition, THOR provides multiple means for implementing placebo-controlled conditions for clinical trial use. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than July 5th, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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