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Sources Sought Notice Sources Sought Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Network Contracting Office 22 4811 Airport Plaza Drive Suite 600 Long Beach CA 90815

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Hanan McCullick Hanan.Mccullick@va.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Phoenix VA HCS

650 E Indian School Road

Phoenix AZ

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

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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 microscopy analyzing biopsy system product and provide on-going technical support and maintenance services for that installed product for the Phoenix VA Medical Center located in Phoenix, Arizona. The required services (installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance for microscopy analyzing biopsy system) shall be provided by the contractor along with all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables.

4. Interested and capable Contractors are encouraged to respond to this notice not later than Friday, July 31, 2026 at 03:00 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 microscopy analyzing biopsy system product referenced above that you intend to provide for this procurement.

(i) Statement indicating whether you are the manufacturer of the microscopy analyzing biopsy system product that you intend to provide for this procurement. If you intend to provide a microscopy analyzing biopsy system product manufactured by a company other than your own, state the name of the company whose microscopy analyzing biopsy system product you intend to provide, the country of origin for the microscopy analyzing biopsy system 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 microscopy analyzing biopsy system 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 microscopy analyzing biopsy system product that you intend to provide for this procurement in a medical center similar to the Phoenix 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 demonstrates your experience providing microscopy analyzing biopsy system 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 MICROSCOPY ANALYZING BIOPSY SYSTEM 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:

- Must have non-staining and non-destructive tissue sample

- Must have Dynamic Cell Imaging (DCI) able to show intracellular activity

- Must have On-site optical tissue assessment using Interferometry

- Must not be larger than the following dimensions 27.6” x 12.6” x 12.4”

- Must have Axial resolution of 1 um

- Must have transverse resolution of 1.5 um

- Must have single field of view size to be at a minimum of 1.25 mm x 1.25 mm

- Must have maximum sample size to be 27 mm dia. X 5 mm height or greater

- Must have a tissue depth exploration achieved at 100um below the tissue surface

- Must have a DCI frame rate to be less than or equal to 0.1 Hz

- Must have a Macro camera resolution to be at least 50 um

- Must have Image formats Dicom; export to jpg, tiff, png

- Must have Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography FFOCT- 1um in 3D

- Must have a FFOCT Frame rate of 75Hz

- Must not require cutting

- Must not require sectioning

- Must have full color imaging

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