36C25619Q0843-001.docx

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

36C25619Q0843

BACKGROUND:

MEDVAMC has a requirement for the following brand name supplies:

Biosense Webster

C3BASECMP2

Carto® 3 System. Includes (i) baseline software license, (ii) location pad with foot pedal, (iii) grounding cable, (iv) optic cable, (v) power supply unit, (vi) patient interface unit, (vii) pin box (2), (viii) system cables, (ix) patch unit, (x) Windows Workstation Computer with two 24” high resolution flat screen repeater monitors, (xi) user’s manual, (xii) color inkjet printer, (xiii) and physician and staff training.

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Carto® SmartTouch™ 3D Module is a combination of our Carto® 3 SmartTouch™ Module technology and the VisiTag™ Module. This allows you to select, visualize and manage ablation parameters. Works with ThermoCool® SmartTouch™ Irrigated Ablation Catheters.

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CARTO® 3 System CONFIDENSE™ Mapping Module: This module provides rapid acquisition of mapping points based on physician standards. Included are the capability to continuously acquire MEM points, indicators of tissue proximity for MEM-enabled catheters, advanced electrogram annotation algorithms, and advanced map integrity algorithms.

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CARTO® 3 REPLAY™ Module: This module provides detailed electrogram recording and review for the duration of each case, with the ability to add points from any time in the case to a map, review catheter placement for any acquired point and edit maps with data from review tools.

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Clinical Module Package for Carto® 3 System Includes:

CartoMerge® Image Integration Software Module is a modular software package to be used with the Carto® 3 System, Serial Number ,that allows for importation of pre-acquired MRI and CT images direct from scanners or from radiology workstations, provides a semi-automated image segmentation package and allows for catheter icon registration to pre-acquired MRI and CT images. On-site training for technicians included.

CartoSound® Image Integration Software Module is a modular software package to be used with the Carto® 3 System, Serial Number that allows for the integration of real time Intracardiac echo in an integrated and a side by side manner on the Carto® 3 System screen. This CartoSound® software is compatible with the Biosense Webster SoundStar® 10F and SoundStar® 8F and GE and Siemens 10F and 8F AcuNav™ Catheters. On-site training for technicians included.

• Complex Fractional Atrial Electrograms (CFAE) Software Module License to be used with the Carto® 3 System, Serial Number , enables automatic detection of CFAE sites by analyzing individual signals from endocardial locations. The analysis is based on a series of advanced user defined parameters applied to the acquired signals. The analysis output provides a consistent method to quantify and characterize complex fractionated signals. Includes one executable copy of the software and one copy of the software user documentation per license, and on-site training for technicians.

the Carto® 3 System. This software is designed to help physicians better understand the arrhythmia mechanism through a unique simultaneous dynamic display of voltage and tissue activation

(requires V6 and CARTOMERGE® software installed, sold separately)

Carto® 3 System. Software allows user to automate pace mapping for ventricular tachycardia cases and integrates the results into the Carto® 3 System maps for streamlined navigation.

Carto® 3 System. Software allows user to visualize Carto® 3 System Maps and fluoroscopy images in one integrated view “AFTER INSTALLATION, THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT CartoUnivu ™ COMPATIBILITY IS MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES ”

REQUESTED RESPONSES:

The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following:

1. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the exact brand name products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response please cite your business size status.

0. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.

0. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.

1. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description.

1. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response.

1. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.

1. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI.

1. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside).

1. Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above.

CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE:

Please email all responses to Chenequa.Godette@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than April 30, 2019 by 4:30pmCST.

DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.