Station 00791 - Hearing Aid and Wireless Systems - Widex. Complete system to include digital hearing aids (custom, behind-the ear, and reciver-in-the-canal, wireless receivers/adaptors, wireless transmitters, and earmolds.

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR POTENTIAL OFFERORS. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Denver Acquisition and Logistics Center (DALC), 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, Colorado, 80422, intends to solicit proposals from well qualified sources from any size businesses that are capable of providing the following types of hearing aids and wireless systems: Group 1-Custom (CHA) Digital Hearing Aids (Full Shell, Half Shell, Canal, and CIC) (Required); Group 1-Third Year Warranty for Custom Hearing Aid Models (Required); Group 2-Behind-the-Ear (BTE) Hearing Aids (Required); Group 2-Third Year Warranty for BTE Hearing Aid Models (Required); Group 3-Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Hearing Aids (Required); Group 3-Third Year Warranty for RIC Hearing Aid Models (Required); Group 4, Category 1-Near Field or Far Field Wireless Connectivity Adaptors/Receivers and Near Field or Far Field Wireless Connectivity Transmitters (Required); Group 4, Category 2-FM/DM Wireless Connectivity Adaptors/Receivers and FM/DM Wireless Connectivity Transmitters (Optional); Group 4-Second Year Warranty for Group 4 Categories 1 and 2 (Optional); Group 5-Earmolds for Hearing Aids (Required); Group 6-Simple Remote Controls (Optional); Group 6-Third Year Warranty for Simple Remote Controls (Optional); Group 7-Wireless CROS, BiCROS, and Multi-CROS Hearing Aids (Optional); and Group 7-Third Year Warranty for CROS, BiCROS, and Multi-CROS Hearing Aids (Optional). Offerors must offer ALL Required Groups to be considered for award.

The DALC anticipates making multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract awards to cover the needs of the Government. The contracted items will be a primary source for VA Audiology and Speech Pathology Services at the VA Medical Centers. Other Government agencies authorized by the DALC may use awarded contracts as a non-mandatory source. The requirements also cover primary and secondary features, extra components, programming software and training related to the hearing aids and wireless systems. Current ISO 9000 certification for the manufacturing facilities will be required.

The contract period will be November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2015, plus four one-year option periods to be exercised at the discretion of the VA DALC. Subject procurement is being procured as a commercial item as defined in FAR Part 12. Contract awards will be made in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 15. Subject announcement is being made in accordance with the requirements of FAR Part 5. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334510 and the Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. The requirement package will be issued as a "full and open" solicitation for any and all qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable business entities who can meet the requirements. The acquisition will be procured as a "Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable" type of acquisition under which offers will be determined to be technically acceptable or unacceptable based on the requirements, then evaluated for overall price. Trade-offs will not be used. Solicitation documents will be available electronically on or about January 7, 2014 at the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov. NO HARD COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED. The anticipated proposal due date is March 5, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The Contracting Officer for this acquisition is Kip Sheppard (kip.sheppard@va.gov). The Contract Specialist is Elaine Holloway (elaine.m.holloway@va.gov). A pre-proposal conference will be held at the VA DALC, 555 Corporate Circle, Golden, Colorado, on February 12, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time). Upon review of the solicitation documents, prospective offerors are encouraged to provide questions/comments, in writing via email, to the above individuals not later than February 5, 2014. The pre-proposal conference will NOT be conducted by teleconference. Potential offerors are encouraged to attend. Interested offerors who plan to attend the pre-proposal conference are asked to email the names of individuals, titles, email addresses, and company representing to Elaine Holloway not later than February 10, 2014. Interested parties are reminded that in accordance with FAR Part 4.11, offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management database (www.sam.gov) prior to award of a contract.

Points of Contact:

Kip Sheppard, Contracting Officer, 303-273-6208

Elaine Holloway, Contract Specialist, 303-273-6210