# Equipment, Neurostimulation Device for Investigational, Ann Arbor Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25024q0620 - Solicitation number: 36C25024Q0620 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as sources sought) - Status: Awarded to Cocart LLC for $27,500.00 - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250) - NAICS: 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing - Product or service code: 6515 Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies - County: Minnehaha County (FIPS 46099). https://abierto.us/counties/minnehaha-county-sd-46099 - City: Sioux Falls. https://abierto.us/cities/sioux-falls-sd-4659020 - First posted: May 6, 2024 - Last posted: July 18, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1f0359050d244bd8b0e17d066c3f291b/view ## Description Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare System, VISN 11 Contracting Activity intends to negotiate a sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1, Only One Responsible Source for the following items listed below. The associated NAICS code for this medical equipment is 334510. The vendor, Cocart, LLC, is a small business, located at 101 S. Reid St., Suite 307, Sioux Falls, SD 57103-70454. Description of equipment requirements: The Bohnen lab is requesting five Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research (tVNS R) devices from tVNS USA, sold by CoCart LLC. The tVNS R devices provide a non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation. The device is a non-invasive treatment option that provides mild electrical stimulation to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, which is accessible from the outer part of the ear. The vagus nerve allows for communication between the brain with many parts of the body, such as the heart, lungs, and digestive tract. The device itself is similar in appearance to a music playing device with earphones that connect to the outer portion of the ear and a long wire that is connected to a control box. These devices will provide therapeutic electrical impulses that are designed to alleviate symptoms of disorders that may be related to sympathovagal dysfunction, such as Parkinson s Disease (PD). This stimulation may be able to improve heart rate variability. Novel emerging evidence from the literature has uncovered that decreased heart rate variability (HRV) both at rest and during walking could be a fundamental but, until recently, an unrecognized factor in the pathophysiology of freezing of gait (FoG), which is often considered one of the most debilitating symptoms of PD. Individualized HRV-informed programming of in-home use of a tVNS neural stimulator may offer a very novel therapy to treat gait disturbances, including FOG, in Veterans with PD. The tVNS R devices by tVNS USA, sold by CoCart LLC offer easily programable stimulation devices that can be adjusted to provide prescribed treatment to those with PD. A firm fixed price contract with no option years is anticipated and shall be awarded. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. This is not a Request for Proposal; this is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source requirement. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Cocart LLC (UEI X6S6PB6JYL45) - Contract: 36C25024P1531, purchase order - Obligated: $27,500.00 - Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received - Link: award number 36C25024P1531 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C250 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C25024P1531_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - May 6, 2024: Sources sought, due May 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT. Notice 0e3ef71a817444d7ba4422804f6f8cc6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0e3ef71a817444d7ba4422804f6f8cc6/view - July 15, 2024: Special notice, due July 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 8df1e244440d49fdb0986255e6a9c738. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8df1e244440d49fdb0986255e6a9c738/view - July 18, 2024: Award notice. Notice 1f0359050d244bd8b0e17d066c3f291b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1f0359050d244bd8b0e17d066c3f291b/view ## Points of contact - Brooke Hansen, Contract Specialist, brooke.hansen@va.gov, No phoned inquiries will be accepted. --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25024q0620.