Questions for Anterior Vitrectomy System REVISED 51320.docx

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This combined synopsis and solicitation requests quotations for an anterior vitrectomy system. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity is soliciting the system on behalf of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity to modernize equipment used in forward field environments. The system must be small, lightweight, portable, durable, reliable, easily maintainable, and capable of operation in far forward field hospital settings. Consumables should include tubing, fluids, instruments for phacoemulsification, vitrectomy, and potentially phacoemulsification handpieces. Quotations are due by 10:00 AM Eastern Time on May 14, 2020. Award will be made using tradeoff procedures to the responsible contractor whose quotation conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the government considering price and other factors.

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W81XWH-20-Q-0070

ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY SYSTEM

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

13 MAY 2020

Question 1: Currently this RFP is issued under 339115 – Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing. Could you please change to, or add as an option, the NAICS 423450 (Medical, Dental and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers)?

Answer 1: The NAICS Code will be revised. See revised Combine Synopsis/Solicitation. However, NAICS 423450 cannot be used per 13 CFR 121, Sector 42 – Wholesale Trade shall not be used to classify Government acquisitions for supplies so 423450 will not be included as an optional NAICS.

Question 2: What procedures do you want the consumables for?

Answer 2: The consumables should include everything needed to perform a limited anterior vitrectomy like what a surgeon might experience during a complicated cataract surgery or pediatric cataract surgery. Consumables are typically everything except the standalone machine/foot pedal/surgical instruments (i.e. items that will not be discarded or resterilized after the case. Consumables might include but not be limited to:

· Phacoemulsification/vitrectomy unit tubing,

· Infusion fluid,

· Potentially irrigation/aspiration instruments (if disposable and if bimanual or single port, should include either)

· Vitrectomy instrument, possibly a phacoemulsification hand-piece (depending on the instrument/system offered)."

**REVISED 13 MAY 2020**

Question 3: Are you looking for a cataract setup or a vitrectomy system? They are two different procedures. Please advise.

Answer 3: This system is intended to be used for anterior procedures and may include procedures such as repairs to the eye structure, removal of scar tissue, removal of cataract.

Reference the following: (a) Statement of Need Section 2.3.1, Item b (Page 3 of Combined Synopsis/Solicitation); (b) Minimum Essential Characteristic Purpose Statement, 2nd Paragraph (Page 8 of Combined Synopsis/Solicitation); (c) Q&A document posted on 4/30; and (d) Evaluation Criteria (Page 25 of Combined Synopsis.

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