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THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) – SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION

1. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Businesses, including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB), who are interested in submitting proposals for this procurement and who are capable of performing the work required for this procurement.

2. The NAICS for this requirement is 339112– Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

3. The Contractor shall supply, install, configure, and validate a generator package product and provide on-going technical support and maintenance services for that installed product for the San Diego VA Medical Center located in San Diego, California. The required services (installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance for the generator package) shall be provided by the contractor along with all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in the attached DRAFT Salient Characteristics.

4. Interested and capable Contractors are encouraged to respond to this notice not later than Friday, March 14, 2025 at 04:00 PM PST, by providing the following information via email only to Hanan.Mccullick@va.gov.

(a) Company name

(b) Address

(c) Point of contact

(d) Phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact

(e) Contractor’s Unique Entity ID (SAM) number

(f) Type of small business, if applicable, (e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Woman Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business).

(g) Statement indicating whether your company is considered small under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI.

(h) Statement indicating the product name of the generator package software product referenced above that you intend to provide for this procurement.

(i) Statement indicating whether you are the manufacturer of the generator package product that you intend to provide for this procurement. If you intend to provide a generator package product manufactured by a company other than your own, state the name of the company whose product you intend to provide, the country of origin for the product you intend to provide, and whether the company that manufactures that product is a small business under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI.

(j) Statement indicating if you have a current contract to provide the product that you intend to provide for this procurement, along with the installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance services required by this procurement, under either the General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Schedule or with NAC, NASA SEWP, or any other federal contract. If yes, provide the contract type and contract number, as well as the identity of the federal agency with whom you hold that contract.

(k) Statement indicating how many calendar days you estimate it would take you to install, configure, and validate the product that you intend to provide for this procurement in a medical center similar to the San Diego VA Medical Center.

(l) General pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes.

(m) A capability statement that provides detailed information for one or more reference contracts that demonstrate your experience providing the generator package that meets the requirements described in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work and demonstrates your experience providing the installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance services required by this procurement. GENERAL STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. Respondents must provide the following information for each reference contract the respondent identifies as evidence of the respondent’s capability to perform the work required by this procurement. Respondents must provide the following information for each reference contract:

(1) the legal name of entity with whom the respondent held the contract;

(2) the contract number;

(3) a description providing details of the specific tasks the respondent performed under that contract;

(4) the dates during which the respondent performed the contract;

(5) the name, phone number, and email address of a person at the entity with whom the respondent held the contract who can verify the information the respondent provides regarding this reference contract.

If a respondent offers to demonstrate experience through the proposed use of subcontractors, the respondent must identify the legal name of each subcontractor and provide all of the information required above for one or more reference contracts performed by each subcontractor the respondent intends to use.

NOTE: The information requested above is required for the Government to evaluate whether there are sufficient small business concerns of a particular type who are capable of performing the work required by this procurement to determine if this procurement should be set aside for a given type of small business concern. FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ABOVE MAY BE VIEWED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS EVIDENCE THAT THE RESPONDENT LACKS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE GENERATOR PACKAGE AND SERVICES REQUIRED BY THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS, IN TURN, MAY AFFECT THE GOVERNMENT’S DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT HAVE BEEN MET.

5. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications.

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DISCLAIMER

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES:

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Technology with the following characteristics:

· Electroporation: a method of causing cell death in which a strong electric field creates mechanical holes, micropores, in the cell membrane – destabilizing the cell membrane while keeping the extracellular matrix intact. This pore formation does not have the same stages of nonconductivity you already expect from thermal based ablation technologies.

· To achieve durable cell death and loss of conductivity, energy must be applied to the point where the pores across the cell membrane reach stage 4 – irreversible electroporation. With the FARAWAVE catheter, this is functionally achieved through 8 total applications of 2.5 seconds in duration in a prescriptive dosing protocol.

· PFA (Pulsed Field Ablation)- tissue selective technology that allows for specific targeting of cardiomyocites while avoiding injury to surrounding tissue.

· PFA technology that does not require forced contact to cause lesion formation.

· Non-thermal ablation modality based on the process of irreversible electroporation (IRE) image1.png