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SUBJECT*

Home Sleep Apnea Testing Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Network Contracting Office 16 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi MS 39531

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer D. Rene' Impey rene.impey@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

Network Contracting Office 16

400 Veterans Avenue

Biloxi MS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY.

This SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE is for the purpose of Market Research. Response to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes. No proposals or quotes are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS or QUOTES and NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall NOT be construed as solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Responses to this notice is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation.

The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System is seeking preferably Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), or Small Businesses (but will accept other than small business for market research purposes), capable of providing Home Sleep Apnea Testing Services, Biloxi, MS.

See DRAFT Statement of Work for detailed description of services.

The NAICS code is 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing and the Size Standard is 1,000 employees. Responses must be received by no later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time, Monday, April 27, 2026. Responses shall be emailed to rene.impey@va.gov. Facsimile or Telephonic responses will not be accepted. Responses shall contain Capabilities Statements to include the following:

Contractors shall also provide the following:

Contractor name: ___________________________________________ Point(s) of contact name: ______________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ Telephone number: ___________________________________________ Email address: _______________________________________________ Company's business size: _______________________________________

UEI #: ______________________________

CAGE Code: _______________________________

· Proof that you are an authorized dealer and/or any qualifying certifications that may be required to perform the service.

· Is your company considered a small business concern, Small Business (SB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), or 8A concern under the NAICS 339112?

· Does your company have the services available under any Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC), General Service Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), and/or Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract? If so, please identify the contract number for the government to review as part of this Market Research.

Note: All interested parties are reminded to be registered, active and verified in the following to be considered for Award.

· SAM: SAM.gov | Home

· SBA Small Business Search: https://search.certifications.sba.gov/

· Vet 4212 (Veteran owned small Business are reminded of Reporting Requirements) VETS-4212 Federal Contractor Reporting | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)

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DRAFT Statement of Work

1. Contract Title: Home Sleep Apnea Testing Services.

2. Background: The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) is comprised of a very large catchment area including locations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The GCVHCS has the highest number of consults sent to the community and the highest amount of claims for home sleep apnea testing (HSAT). The “Days to Next Open” appointment status for HSAT averages 118. A contracted HSAT program will charge the GCVHCS significantly less per study than facilities in the community.

3. Scope: Medicine Service / Sleep Lab section requests to create a contract with an open purchase order for a HSAT program to expand the in-house HSAT program for eligible Veterans which will increase access to care and testing, decrease wait times and patient backlog, reduce funds spent in the community for home sleep testing, and improve time from diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing.

4. Specifications/Characteristics:

The Home Sleep Apnea Testing service contract must meet the following requirements:

· Must require no upfront costs

· Devices and reports must:

· Be capable of measuring/ differentiating between central sleep apnea;

· Register sleep time and sleep state/ REM vs non-REM; REM/ non-rem scoring;

· Experience a low failure rate;

· Report apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), respiratory disturbance index (RDI), oxygen desaturation index (ODI);

· Measure heart rate, oximetry, actigraphy, body position, snoring, and chest motion; and

· Use non-disposable or disposable units.

· The contracted service and devices and systems must be compatible with the VA Somnoware system.

· The contracted service must:

· Receive orders from the GCVHCS;

· Prepare a device and ship it to the patient;

· Contact patient on scheduled test day to review instructions;

· Provide shipping label for return of device by patient;

· Review the returned study, upload results into the VA Somnoware system, and send to provider for review;

· Retest at no cost if insufficient or no data; and

· Provide 24/7 complimentary technical support for patients and healthcare providers.

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