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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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The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Atcor for a SphygmoCor system, to assess vascular function on a research basis to support research studies at the Nashville VA.

The system must meet the following salient characteristics: SphygmoCor® XCEL PWA and PWV System Non-invasive Pulse Wave Velocity system, including: SphygmoCor® XCEL Software Suite AtCor Medical Electronics Module AtCor Medical brachial blood pressure cuffs (3 sizes) AtCor Medical/Millar pressure tonometer AtCor Medical femoral blood pressure cuff (1 size), PWV Cuff – XL Adult SphygmoCor XCEL Calibration Kit ,Notebook computer with factory installation and testing of SphygmoCor® software, SphygmoCor XCEL cuff storage tray Hardware and Software Maintenance.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office to the contracting office no later than Monday, August 2, 2021 11 am EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@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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