SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- KayPentax Digital Swallowing Workstation
- Notice Date
- 2/1/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Contracting Office (04A-H);VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System;7180 Highland Drive;Pittsburgh PA 15206
- ZIP Code
- 15206
- Solicitation Number
- VA-646-07-RQ-0003
- Response Due
- 2/8/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/15/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with KayPentax, a division of Pentax Medical Company, 2 Bridgewater Lane, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 for a Digital Swallow Workstation consisting of one digital video recording module, one halogen light source, one EPK video processor, one nasolaryngoscope 70K Series, one swallowing signals lab, EMG transducers, one manometry sensors (Gaeltec) array, one tongue array module with bulbs, nasal cannulas, one laryngeal microphone, one time code reader/generator system, one color printer, one leakage tester, one cart/isolation transformer, setup and training. The KayPentax Digital Swallow Workstation is an integrated turnkey hardware/woftware package. The complete integrated system includes Kay's Digital Video System for Swallowing, Swallowing Signals Lab, and the Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing System. The KayPentax Digital Swallow Workstation includes the following unique features: Digital Video System for Swallowing: *Professional, broadcast-quality digital video (and audio) acquisition and playback. *High-resolution 17" LCD monitor *Lapel microphone for recording narration. *System allows concurrent acquisition and display of digital video and physiologic data. *Precise frame-accurate correlation of video and physiologic data. *Includes convenient foot pedal control of recording/pause. *Real-time tags to reference swallowing events for viewing and measurement. *Complete report generator. Outputs as Word document. *Complete archiving system (using removable hard drives) for convenient storage and retrieval of old exams. *Video Viewer to enable video exams to be played in native video format on standard computers. *Three large-capacity hard drives for system backup and storage and instant retrieval of recent exams. *Convenient video conversion utilities (AVI and MPEG). *Patient database with user-definable fields. Swallowing Signals Lab: *Two-channel surface EMG *Six-channel (or less) manometry (Gaeltec solid-state sensors) *One channel for monitoring respiratory phase (using nasal cannula as input). *One stethoscopic microphone input for acoustic analysis of swallowing or cervical auscultation. *Two auxiliary input channels (sampling up to 8 kHz per channel). EPK-1000 Video Processor *Processor for all K series endoscopes *Produces full screen image with optimized color and illumination adjustments. *Includes 100-wall xenon light source, keyboard, water bottle and air pump. VNL-1170K Video Nasal Laryngoscope *ENT video flexible endoscope with color CCD chip series 70K *Requires EPK-1000 Video processor If your firm has equipment that can meet the above-described requirements, please submit descriptive literature and supporting information to cheryl.ebert@va.gov or by fax to Cheryl Ebert at 412-365-5451 NLT 2/8/07 C.O.B (04:30pm EST). Whether or not to issue a competitive solicitation is solely at the discretion of the VAPHS Contracting Officer. Technical questions can be directed to Patrick Doyle, Ph.D. at 412-365-5113.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System;Audiology and Speech Pathology Section;H J Heinz Division;Delafield Road;Pittsburgh, PA
- Zip Code: 15215
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 15215
- Record
- SN01223732-W 20070203/070201220557 (fbodaily.com)
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