Vestibular Equipment

DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFI OR REIMBURSE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS RFI. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Solicitation, an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quotation (RFQ), or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained in this announcement.

All information received in response to this RFI marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT for the Charles George VA Medical Center located at 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville NC 28805. Information collected during this Sources Sought may be used in a set aside.

If a solicitation is issued, the Government will do so in accordance with Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-02, effective 01/22/2024. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number is 334510. The NAICS size is 1,250 employees. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for small business status must be registered with the SBA at http://web.sba.gov/pro-net/ and meet the requirements of FAR 19.102.

Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for veteran owned small business status must be registered with the VIP at veterans.certify.sba.gov as an SDVOSB or VOSB. A Contractor that proposes to provide a supply that is not manufactured by their organization (nonmanufacturer) shall meet the requirements of FAR 19.102(f).

Contractors that deem themselves capable of meeting the requirement shall provide the below information to, Contract Specialist Francine Valverde at francine.valverde@va.gov no-later-than Friday, March 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m, EST, referencing 36C24624Q0505. Responses shall include:

(1) Business Name and Address, (2) DUNS and UEI, (3) GSA/FSS/NAC Contract Number, if applicable (4) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number and E-mail Address (5) SAM # and NAICS code (6) Business Size SMALL or LARGE (7) Type of Business: service disabled veteran owned, veteran owned small business, 8a, HUBZone, woman-owned, etc. (8) A concern that is not a manufacturer of the supply shall provide the manufacturers name and size standard.

If the concern is the manufacturer and the sole distributor, please provide documentation to that effect. Contractor must be registered with https://www.sam.gov. To be considered SDVOSB/VOSB, must be registered in VIP http://web.sba.gov/pro-net/ Supplies are to include only a Trade Agreements Act, Free Trade Agreement Act or other covered trades act and Buy America Act compliant items.

Items that are not TAA/BAA compliant must be clearly identified by the Contractor should the contractor choose to offer a quote if a RFQ is published. FOB is Destination. Shipping must not exceed $250.00. Delivery is to:

Asheville, North Carolina at the Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville NC 28805. To be considered an equal the supplies being offered shall have the salient characteristics of:

ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: Items Needed Item Number Description QUANTITY UNIT 1) Micromedical by Interacoustics Orion chair Orion Reclining Rotational Vestibular Chair and VE525 3rd Generation VNG System - Tests: gaze, random saccade, pursuit, OPK, Dix-Hallpike, positional, caloric, ocular counter roll, saccadometry, SHA, step velocity, Visual VOR, VOR suppression.

SW: 3rd generation VE525 software.

HW: small form factor PC; widescreen monitor, printer; binocular video goggles w/ USB cameras, RF remote control, room camera w/ mic, ISO transformer, equipment cart.

Features: real time test analysis, customized test protocols, multiple pupil tracking algorithms, one-click eye centering, eye movement video recordings. 1 EA 2) Aqua Stim 110V 1 EA 3) Eclipse 1 EA 4) OtoAccess Database 1 EA 5) Misc. TV/Monitor Wall Mount 1 EA 6) Installtion Fee 1 EA Please submit responses via email in Microsoft Office format by 12PM (Eastern Standard Time) 3/15/2024. Please include RFI# 36C24624Q0505in subject title.

NOTE: Responses to this announcement will not be returned, nor will there be any ensuing discussions or debriefings of any responses. However, information obtained as a result of this announcement may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation. This announcement is Government market research purposes ONLY.