36C25023Q0753.docx

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 6150 Oak Tree Blvd., Suite 300

Independence OH 44131

POINT OF CONTACT*

Rachelle J. Hamer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

SPECIAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

FES Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs Cleveland Medical Center (CLE VAMC), 10701 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i) - Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The NAICS code is 334510 with a small business size standard of 1,250. The VA intends to solicit and negotiate with Delsys, Inc., 23 Strathmore Rd., Natick, MA 01760, for an FES Center.

The FES Center would use this equipment to set up a laboratory that will provide decision support to Veterans and clinicians involved in neurorehabilitation services. This laboratory will specifically focus on treatment for Veterans with stroke, TBI, Parkinson’s disease, and amputation – all of which affect Veterans in large numbers and are emphasis areas of the VA RR&D and areas of growth in FES Center research. This laboratory will make objective measurements of physiology and movement deficits that will be used to develop biomarkers related to treatment performance and to optimize treatment parameters to enhance outcomes. The materials requested in this supplement are critical to these efforts, as they provide the tools to measure movement kinematics and patterns of muscle activation (Delsys and Biometrics Systems)).

Attached, please find the following:

· Quotation with Authorized distributor letter

· Brochure

· Salient characteristics

· Specification sheet

Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 5PM EST. Such capabilities information will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation is available at this time. All inquiries must be submitted by email to Rachelle Hamer at rachelle.hamer@va.gov.

Enter “RFQ 36C25023Q0753| FES Center” in the email subject line.

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