Amendment Questions.pdf

# Document/ Attachment

Page Number/ Location

Question

1 RFQ

(Background and Overview) &

1/2 (SOW)

Please clarify if the request is for patients with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury within 6 months, who are experiencing chronic pain requiring consistent pain control medications, AND who are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, or patients with ONE or MORE of these conditions?

The request is for patients with TBI, or chronic pain, or Parkinson’s disease.

2 RFQ

1 - Background and Overview section

Statement: Services from “medical facility/practitioner.” Is the government's intent to have a medical provider vs. a CRO (or some other research organization) who could recruit patients and manage all of the other tasks listed?

It does not matter which nature of the provider is as long as they can help recruiting patients and manage other tasks. Medical provider can have practitioners who are interested in research and publish paper together.

3 n/a n/a Is a military population of interest to the government?

Yes.

4 RFQ 10

Can the government confirm what the total anticipated dollar value of this requirement is?

I did not find the relevant information on Page 10 of RFQ. But the cost estimate is $21,000 for the first year, and about $1,000 increase each year.

5 n/a n/a

What procedures will be conducted during the course of participation?

The participants will be asked to wear a Virtual Reality goggle to perform some tasks presented in the VR, and/or wear some wearable sensors to collect their physiological signals, i.e. movement, heart rate, EEG.

6 n/a n/a

During the course of participation, what is the expected number of procedures per patient?

Number of visit depends on the patient population, will be in compliance with approved IRB protocol.

7 n/a

1 - Background and Overview section

Will the offeror need to provide the wearable that will be tested or will it be provided to the offeror by the government?

We will provide the wearables and collect the data from participants. The provider can collect the data as well, but this is optional and per IRB approval.