6515--36C242-25-AP-0027 | 561-25-1-2238-0002 | East Orange VA Metabolic Calibration System Intent to Sole Source Notification
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C24225Q0186
- Agency
-
Veterans Integrated Service Network 2
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration, specifically the East Orange VA Medical Center, has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole-source contract to VacuMed for a Metabolic Calibration System. The notice pertains to procuring a specialized quality control system for the VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence at the NJ War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. This procurement is designed to enhance the accuracy of cardiopulmonary assessments for veterans by implementing a precise metabolic simulator system. The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, and the VA has determined that VacuMed is the only company capable of providing the required metabolic Quality Control System with the specified capabilities. The procurement falls under NAICS code 339112 for Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing and PSC code 6515 for Medical and Surgical Instruments.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to acquire a metabolic simulator system that can precisely control and produce critical respiratory measurements such as tidal volume, respiratory rate, minute ventilation, oxygen consumption, and carbon dioxide elimination. The notice includes a strict deadline of December 19, 2024, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time for potential responses, though it is explicitly a notice of intent to sole source rather than a competitive solicitation. VacuMed, located in Ventura, California, is the sole eligible contractor due to being the only known provider of a comprehensive metabolic Quality Control System that can fully integrate with existing hardware and software. The system will enable the VA to improve the accuracy of breath-by-breath metabolic measurements, which is crucial for conducting advanced cardiopulmonary assessments for veterans. The VA has conducted extensive market research confirming that other companies only provide basic calibration tools, not a complete quality control system like VacuMed offers. Additionally, the Veterans Health Administration has emphasized its policy of prohibiting gray market items, ensuring that all procured medical equipment comes through authorized distribution channels.
Notice text
This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for quotes.
The Department of Veterans Affairs East Orange VAMC intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Sole-Source Brand Name only action to:
Name of Contractor:
VacuMed
Street Address:
6085 King Drive Unit #104
City, State, Zip:
Ventura CA
93003-7178, United States
The VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence at the NJ War Related Illness and Injury
Study Center provides state of the art cardiopulmonary assessments for Veterans. VacuMed s Quality
Control System will enhance the accuracy of assessing gas exchange in our Veteran population. This
system is designed to produce known gas exchange variables at a high precision, improving our
confidence in the accuracy of our breath by breath metabolic measurement system. The new system
would fully integrate with the existing hardware and so ware.
The metabolic simulator is the key component of this Quality Control System. It consists of a piston
pump with a motor (i.e., mass flow controller) that allows the simulator to precisely produce and control
dal volume, respiratory rate, minute ventilation (VE), oxygen consumption (VO2), and carbon dioxide
elimination (VCO2). No other company can satisfy this requirement, as VacuMed (VacuMetrics, Inc.) is the only known company that provides the metabolic Quality Control System driven by a metabolic simulator. Other systems merely provide a 3 liter syringe and known gas concentrations to calibrate the flow meters and the gas sensors. Other companies do not provide a quality control system of any kind, other than the tools (i.e., 3 L syringe and known gas concentrations) to ensure the accuracy of the flow signal (syringe) and gas concentrations.
This notice of intent to sole source with justification for brand name only satisfies the public posting requirements of FAR 13.501.
The Veterans Health Administration prohibits the use of gray market items in their Medical Centers. Gray market items are considered to be items outside of the original equipment manufacturer s intended distribution channels.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sole Source Justification_VacuMed v3.pdf | ||
| 36C24225Q0186_1.docx | DOCX document |
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