Bradycardia Therapy Devices, Ventricular Trachyarrhythmia Therapy Devices (excluding cardiac resynchronization therapy devices) and Implantable Loop Recorders

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Acquisition Center (NAC), is conducting market research to determine if there are adequate small business concerns capable of providing Bradycardia Therapy Devices, Ventricular Trachyarrhythmia Therapy Devices (excluding cardiac resynchronization therapy devices) and Implantable Loop Recorders described below to VA Medical Centers nationwide including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii. This is not a request for interested parties to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. This announcement is for informational purposes only and must not be construed as a request for proposal (RFP), or an announcement of a solicitation. The objective for this effort is to identify interested parties that can provide directly to Medical Centers the Bradycardia Therapy Devices, Ventricular Trachyarrhythmia Therapy Devices and Implantable Loop Recorders items as required and to provide the business information necessary to the NAC Contracting Officer as described below. Vendors must be able to provide all items described below and must have qualified technical representatives able to respond on site within 45 minutes of request by the VA Medical Center during any implant procedure if requested by medical centers.



The upcoming solicitation will be posted in FEDBIZOPPS. The upcoming solicitation may be considered as a bundled procurement and the public is invited to submit comments to the Contract Specialist listed below.



Interested parties must provide all of the following information: Name and address of company, telephone number, and business size. If the company responding to this notice is not the manufacturer then also include the manufacturers Name, address of company, and their business size.



All capable and interested small business concerns are encouraged to submit the necessary information by e-mail to: timothy.richards@va.gov; or by fax (708/786-5256) no later than 3:00 p.m. (Central Time), February 15, 2013. The Department of Veterans Affairs will not pay for any material provided in response to this Sources Sought Notice nor return the data provided. Point of Contact: Timothy M. Richards (708) 786-4959.



The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334510 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. This procurement action will be issued on an unrestricted full and open competitive basis if it is determined that no capable small businesses exist that can provide the products required to service the VA Medical Centers listed in this announcement.

The following minimum technical requirements and estimated quantities of items to be procured annually are as follows:



Line Items Estimated Quantities



AWARD GROUP ONE

Bradycardia Therapy Device



Single Chamber with rate response feature 470

Dual Chamber with rate response feature 3,000

Low Voltage Leads 3,262





AWARD GROUP TWO

Ventricular Trachyarrhythmia Therapy Device (excluding cardiac resynchronization therapy devices)



Single Chamber internal cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) 1,000

Dual Chamber ICD 1,600

Defibrillation Leads 2,752

Low Voltage Leads 3,262



AWARD GROUP THREE

Implantable Loop Recorders



Implantable Loop Recorders 500



All devices must be FDA approved.