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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Regional Procurement Office East Building 32 Suite 1A1111 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh PA 15215-1802

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Karly Gabrysiak karly.gabrysiak@va.gov E-Mail only

Novel Exoskeleton Controllers Design & Development and Advanced Rehabilitation Robot for RTT Use and Research at Center for Limb Loss and MoBility (CLiMB) of Rehabilitation Research & Development Services, Station 663 – VA Puget Sound Health Care System See attached document: Statement of Work.

This Notice of Intent to Sole Source by The Regional Procurement Office, East Region (RPO East) Office of Research & Development (ORD) on behalf of Requesting Activity, VA Puget Sound Health Care System Rehabilitation and Research Development (RR&D) Center for Limb Loss and MoBility (CLiMB) is posted. The Contracting Officer intends to award a sole source contract for Novel Exoskeleton Controllers Design & Development and Advanced Rehabilitation Robot for RTT (Repetitive Task Training) Use and Research in efforts to incorporate Robot-Mediated RTT into treatment plans for Veterans having survived Stroke. The objective of this sole source requirement is for a firm-fixed price contract with Contractor University of Texas at Austin. This Notice of Intent to Sole Source is in accordance with FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute. The Statement of Work is attached. The estimated Period of Performance is 05/15/2024 – to 05/14/2025, with one optional year from 05/15/2025 to 05/14/2026. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 611310; Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools. The Size Standard for this category is $34,500,000.00.

No solicitation package will be issued for this requirement. This is not a request for competitive quotes, however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability, and respond to this notice by 3:00PM Eastern Standard Time on April 24nd, 2024. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Contract Specialist, Karly Gabrysiak, at Karly.gabrysiak@va.gov. The statements shall be no more than a one-page in length; to include Company Name, SAM.gov-issued Unique Entity Identifier, Socioeconomic Category, and brief description of capabilities. All information shall be provided at no cost or obligation to the Government. A response from an interested party does not constitute that the company is a source for this requirement. No questions will be answered regarding the Statement of Work. 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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