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GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 23

1303 5TH STREET, SUITE 300

CORALVILLE IA 52241

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Robert Bennett robert.bennett8@va.gov 319-339-7079

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

One Veterans Drive

Minneapolis MN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

Statement of Work Intravascular Imaging and Physiology Guidance System Minneapolis VAMC

1. Introduction The Minneapolis VA Healthcare System (MVAHCS) has a need to procure equipment for Cardiology. The recent upgrade of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recommendations to a Class 1A level highlights the importance of using advanced intravascular imaging technologies in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI). Both HD IVUS and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are recommended for their distinct capabilities, with a preference for HD IVUS when only one technology is available. Minneapolis currently already has OCT in house, therefore MVAHCS needs to add HD IVUS to the facility to provide the best level of care to our veterans. This requirement is Brand Name or Equal to the Avvigo+ IVUS.

2. Salient Characteristics/Required Compatibilities:

a. Automated lumen Assessment (ALA) feature- which marks vessel and lumen borders throughout the entire run, marks tightest spot on the lesion and recommends proximal and distal landing zones based off percent stenosis with only 1 run.

b. Multimodality HD IVUS system (High-definition intravascular ultrasound) that must include both FFR and DFR capabilities on the same system AND be integrated with the ALA features listed above.

c. HD IVUS system must operate at 60mHz or higher transducer. Higher image quality allows appropriately assess lesion/plaque morphology, identify dissections, edge dissections, geographical miss, and morphology depth.

d. Automatic pullback. This is required as it allows for accurate length measurements at an automatic speed.

e. Angiogram co-registration, side branch vessel detection, and stent assessment. Stent assessment will automatically mark stent borders and assess post optimization recommendations.

f. IVUS catheter has a 3.1F crossing profile

3. Schedule of items:

4. Place of Performance

The contractor shall install the system at Minneapolis VAMC, One Veterans Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55417.

5. Delivery/Setup Deliveries shall be made to:

VA Medical Center, Bldg. 70 Warehouse (90D), Ref. PO#:_(To be awarded) Attention Biomed department (Mark Lamont)._ One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417

Delivery times are between 8 AM and 3 PM Central Time Monday- Friday, except Federal Holidays.

All new equipment will be shipped within 30 days of receipt of award. The contractor shall make arrangements with MVAHCS Bio-medical Staffing for delivery and installation of equipment.

The MVAHCS requests delivery terms of: FOB DESTINATION for all shipments, deliveries, installations, and training.

The contractor shall coordinate delivery, setup, and training with MVAHCS on-site Point of Contacts (POCs):

· Mark Lamont, BIS, 612-467-2012, mark.lamont2@va.gov

· Shacore Nelson, BIS, 612.467.2012, shacore.nelson@va.gov

Delivery, installation, and training shall be completed no longer than 60 days from the award date.

6. Recalled and Defective products:

The contractor shall immediately notify the contracting officer of any recalls of the product or other important safety issues. As appropriate, the contractor will replace and/or reimburse recalled/defective products at no cost to the government. The contractor may be liable for costs of processing recalls, i.e. administrative and clinical services to replace recalled/defective products.

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Before responding please carefully read and consider the following:

This is a full and open competition sources sought.

The sources sought is to determine if there are any domestic made products to meet the needs of the Statement of Work.

Intravascular Imaging and Physiology Guidance System for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. This is a Sources Sought Announcement Only and no solicitation is currently available. Responses will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After a review of the responses to this Sources Sought Notice, a solicitation announcement may be posted. A response to this Sources Sought Notice is not an adequate reply to a potentially forthcoming solicitation.

All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334510, Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing, size standard is 1,250 employees. NOTE: Please ensure that the System for Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement.

This acquisition may also be subject to the Nonmanufacturer Rule, see FAR 52.219-33.

Description of Supplies

· See included Statement of Work

Interested firms with the capability of providing the requirement, per applicable subcontracting rule limitations and nonmanufacturer rule, shall submit capability statements so the Government can determine the firm’s experience and capability to provide the requirements. Failure to demonstrate the capability of providing the requirement in response to this market survey may affect the Government’s review of the industry’s ability to perform or provide these requirements.

Firms shall include the following information with their responses if applicable:

1. Organization name, unique entity identification (UEI) number, address, socioeconomic category of your firm under the NAICS, email address of a point of contact who can verify the demonstrated capabilities, website address, and telephone number.

2. Capability statement demonstrating the ability to meet the specialized requirements stated in the Statement of Work (see attached) and their expertise in the above-described areas in sufficient detail, including any other specific and relevant information. Please provide a specification sheet for the equipment.

3. Copies of any agreements with companies/manufacturer(s) showing authorization to provide required products / services.

4. Small Business respondents indicate the estimate of services/supplies to be subcontracted.

a. What percentage of services/supplies (estimated) would the company perform as the Prime Contractor? __________________%

b. What percentage of services/supplies (estimated) would the company subcontract to other firms? __________________%

5. Identify if your organization is the manufacturer of the requested supplies. If you are not the manufacturer, identify the manufacturer of the supplies that you will provide and their socio-economic category.

a. Fill out the certificate under FAR Provision 52.225-2(b), identifying the item and its country of origin (see attached). If the product is a US domestic end product, write in USA for the item's country of origin.

6. State whether any of the requested services/supplies may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.).

7. Provide estimated shipping and delivery information for the requested supplies (e.g. Expected lead time on delivery) Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information described above and any questions by email to robert.bennett8@va.gov no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, April 15, 2026.

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