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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 NAVIGATION SYSTEM Stealthstation 77030 4298 36C25619Q1061 06-28-2019 N 339113 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD Houston TX 77030 4298 Frank Mendoza 713-791-1414- x26196 francisco.mendoza@va.gov Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Blng 100 2002 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, Texas 77030-4298 Francisco.Mendoza@va.gov Francisco.Mendoza@va.gov

1. This Sources Sought/Market Survey Notice is being conducted by the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 at 2002 Holcombe Blvd. Bldg. 100, Houston, Texas 77030 to identify sources that are capable of providing a Navigation System Stealthstation at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC), 2002 Holcombe Blvd. Building #100; Houston, Texas 77030.

2. Contractor shall be an authorized Contractor, with trained technicians, and possess licenses and certifications, if required, for the installation and delivery of the Navigation System Stealthstation

3. Draft Specification Requirements.

3.1 Background:

A Navigation System Stealthstation is needed for ENT to replace the current one being used in the OR that is at its end of life. A trade in credit may be requested.

The Oto-HNS service provides a wide variety of rhinology services of varying complexity, including anterior skull base surgery for benign and malignant tumors. Intra-operative image guidance has become standard of care for complex revision endoscopic sinus surgery, surgery involving the frontal sinus and surgery of the anterior skull base. This conversion which is more than 10 years old is supported by literature which demonstrates lower rates of intra-operative complications when using image guidance. This comprises the justification for image guidance availability.

Image-based intra-operative navigation systems are routinely updated in order to provide better fidelity to patient anatomy and compatibility with associated instrumentation. At the present time, the existing navigation system requires an upgrade in order to maintain parity with changing industry standards and standard of care practice. This will provide not only a qualitative improvement in technology but will also address the technical problems which have developed with the current instrumentation over the last 3-4 years requiring frequent maintenance and repair.

3.2 Specifications – Requirements:

Manufactured by Medtronic USA Inc

3.3 Warranty and Support:

The warranty and support must cover all components of the requirement in accordance with standard manufacturer’s warranty

Delivery Location:

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center 2002 Holcombe Boulevard Blng 100 Houston, TX 77030

4. If this is a supply your business can provide, please respond to this Sources Sought Notice by 4:00PM CT on 28 June 2019.

5. The intent of this notice 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:

5.1 Please respond to this notice 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.

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

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

5.2 Please respond to this notice 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. Equivalent products are required to interoperate with existing neurosurgery instrumentation, if the Government determines that equivalent products are not compatible with existing neurosurgery instrumentation, Brand Name only products shall be required.

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

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

6 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 notice.

7 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).

8 Please note that if no responses to this notice are received from authorized distributors of the cited brand name or responses with equivalent products not found compatible with existing neurosurgery instrumentation, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer.

10. Responses should include:

(1) Business Name

(2) Business Address

(3) Point of Contact Name Phone Number E-mail Address

(4) DUNS Number

(5) NAICS code

(6) Business Size: SMALL or LARGE

(7) Type of Business: SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED (SDVOSB), VETERAN OWNED (VOSB), 8A, HUBZone, WOMAN-OWNED (WOSB), etc.

(8) Letter stating OEM authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment and/or services if applicable

(9) GSA/FSS Contract Number if applicable

11. All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply as this information may be used to determine potential set-asides for the above-noted requirement.

Send responses to Francisco.mendoza@va.gov and Corey.Labbe@va.gov .

DISCLAIMER: This notice 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 notice.