3D printer and Respitory Plate

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The Department of Veteran Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 is requesting for Radiation Oncology brand name product CIVCO 3D Printer and Respiratory Plate.
Background:
3D Printer: Currently the Radiation Therapy Clinic utilizes flaps of bolus material to either (1) compensate for anatomical curvature or (2) push radiation dose closer to skin surface, when delivering radiation to cancer patients. Due to the poor flexibility of the bolus material, air cavities form between bolus and patient skin surface. The air cavities thus formed, result in radiation inhomogeneity.
Raspatory Plate: As the patients breathes, the tumor being targeted also moves. For patients where the treatment regimen involves hypofractionation, (i.e., very large radiation dose delivered in very few fractions) the importance of managing tumor motion becomes extremely important. The goal is to spare healthy tissue while maximizing radiation delivery to the tumor. The Radiation Therapy Clinic already has one of the respiratory plates in the clinic and is requesting to purchase a second plate. This plate allows Radiation Therapy Clinic to manage tumor motion, due to respiration motion, via indexed abdominal compression.
Scope of Work:
Contractor shall furnish including but not limited to all labor, materials, parts, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision to provide the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC), 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030. The Contractor shall provide all necessary services including setup, configuration, database transfer and installation to get the specified equipment working properly. The Contractor shall provide all necessary training to the designated VA employees on how to use the installed equipment after completion of installation. The equipment, all of its accessories, and supplies that come with the equipment shall be brand new. Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical equipment for MEDVAMC. No re-manufactured or gray market items will be acceptable.
Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following:
1. Please respond to this notice if you are capable of providing the brand name products listed above. In the response please cite business size status.
2. Are you the manufacturer or distributor of the items being referenced above (or equivalent product/solution)?
3. Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC? If so, please provide the contract type and number.
4. Please respond to this notice if you are capable of providing supplies that can be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed above. Please provide details on proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description.
5. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items.
Any inquiries are to be made in writing by email to Stephanie Keo, Contracting Officer at stephanie.keo@va.gov. Please respond to this notice no later than 10:00 am Central on Monday, July 29, 2019..