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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 13, 2011 FBO #3549
DOCUMENT

65 -- Intra Ocular Lens - Attachment

Notice Date

8/11/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

339113 — Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

VA National Acquisition Center - Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
 

Solicitation Number

VA79711RI0212
 

Response Due

8/26/2011
 

Archive Date

11/24/2011
 

Point of Contact

Timothy Richards
 

E-Mail Address

786-4959<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Acquisition Center, is conducting market research to determine if there are adequate small business concerns capable of providing the following various Intra Ocular Lenses items 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 proposals (RFP), or an announcement of a solicitation. The objective for this effort is for interested parties to provide directly to Medical Centers the Intra Ocular Lenses items as required by VA Medical Centers. Name and address of company, telephone number, and business size. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 339113 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 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. All capable and interested small business concerns are encouraged to submit the necessary information by e-mail to: timothy.richards@med.va.gov; or by fax (708/786-5256) no later than 4:00 p.m. (Central Time), August 26, 2011. 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. MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 1.The following minimum technical requirements for all items in this procurement have been developed by the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and approved in the team minutes. Line items and estimated numbers of items to be procured annually are as follows: QUANTITIES Posterior IOL (foldable aspheric design) one piece 18,405 Posterior IOL (foldable aspheric design w/chromophore) one piece 18,405 Posterior IOL (foldable) three piece 3059 Posterior IOL (foldable w/chromophore) three piece 1530 Posterior IOL (foldable aspheric design) three piece 540 Posterior IOL (foldable silicone) three piece 3412 Posterior IOL (transclerally sutured) PMMA 124 Anterior IOL (transclerally sutured) PMMA one piece 3749 Rigid Posterior IOL PMMA one piece 134 Posterior IOL (foldable) Toric 6733 Posterior IOL (foldable micro incision capability) 1226 MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS The following are the minimum technical requirements. Failure of the descriptive literature, performance specifications or technical proposal to show that the offered products conform to the minimum technical requirements will cause rejection of offer. If any single minimum technical requirement is not met, the product will not be eligible for an award. VA requires strict compliance and will not consider any deviation to be immaterial or minor, nor will any revision to the product submitted be allowed. Offerors shall submit an IOL specification sheet w/pictures for each lens offered. For each line item list all power ranges and cylinder powers offered. Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable) Aspheric Design - One Piece "Hydrophobic acrylic optic and haptics (one-piece IOL) for in-bag implantation "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic)diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Ability to be implanted using an injector "Aspheric Optic Design Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable) Aspheric Design w/Chromophore - One Piece "Hydrophobic acrylic optic and haptics (one-piece IOL) for in-bag implantation "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic)diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Ability to be implanted using an injector "Aspheric Optic Design "Additional shorter wavelength filtering Chromophores other than standard UV absorbing Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable) - Three Piece "Hydrophobic acrylic (or other acrylic material shown to have minimal capsular opacification rates) "Optic and haptic (three-piece IOL) for in-bag or sulcus positioning "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable w/Chromophore) - Three Piece "Hydrophobic acrylic (or other acrylic material shown to have minimal capsular opacification rates) "Optic and haptic (three-piece IOL) for in-bag or sulcus positioning "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Additional shorter wavelength filtering Chromophores other than standard UV absorbing Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable Aspheric Design) - Three Piece "Hydrophobic acrylic (or other acrylic material shown to have minimal capsular opacification rates) "Optic and haptic (three-piece IOL) for in-bag or sulcus positioning "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Additional shorter wavelength filtering Chromophores other than standard UV absorbing "Aspheric Optic Design Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable Silicone) - Three Piece "Third generation or later silicone optic and PMMA haptics (three-piece IOL) for in-bag or sulcus positioning "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 6.0 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Ability to be implanted using an injector Transclerally Sutured Posterior Chamber Lens - All PMMA Material "Eyelets in Haptics "Minimum overall length: 12.5 mm "Optic Size: 6.0 to 7.0mm "Biconvex Optic Anterior Chamber Lens - One Piece PMMA "Kelman Style, Flexible Open - Loop haptics "Optic size 5.5 mm "Overall length 12.0 mm to 14.5 mm in increments of 0.5 mm Rigid Posterior Chamber Lens - One Piece PMMA "Optic Diameter available at 6.5 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.5 mm or more "5-10 degrees hepatic angulation "No holes "UV absorbing "Modified C - Loop Posterior Chamber Toric Lens (Foldable w/Chromophores) "Hydrophobic acrylic (or other acrylic material shown to have minimal capsular opacification rates) "Optic and haptic (one-piece IOL) for in-bag implantation "Biconvex Toric optic design "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Non-plate haptic design "Optic diameter of at least 6.0 mm "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 13.0 mm or more "Ability to be implanted using an injector "Aspheric Optic Design "Additional shorter wavelength filtering Chromophores other than standard UV absorbing "Cylinder power range spanning at least 3 diopters Posterior Chamber Lens (Foldable Micro-Incision Capability "Acrylic (or other acrylic material shown to have minimal capsular opacification rates) "Optic and haptic for in-bag placement -ability to be inserted through a 2.2 mm or less wound "Truncated or modified-truncation configuration of the IOL optic edge "Optic diameter of available at 5.6 mm or more "Overall (haptic to haptic) diameter of available at 11.0 mm or more Technical Evaluation A subjective evaluation of the offeror's technical proposal - descriptive literature and performance specifications will be performed. The descriptive literature and performance specifications will be evaluated to determine whether the offered products meet the minimum technical requirements. Offers that have submitted sufficient evidence that the offered products met the minimum technical requirements will be evaluated for possible award. Offers that fail to submit sufficient evidence that the offered products met the minimum technical requirements will receive no further consideration. Not meeting any aspect of the minimum technical requirement will cause rejection of the offer for that line item. The Government may consider all aspects of the product, including but not limited to the evaluation factors listed below. Evaluation Factors The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in descending order of importance: Technical, Quality/Past Performance and Socioeconomic Consideration. The non-price evaluation factors when combined are significantly more important than Price. The following technical factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in descending order of importance with last two factors equal in importance. "Efficacy and Safety (submit published data analysis tables as required by FDA to ensure compliance) "Ability to Support (availability and experience of representatives for training with new equipment, review of new products/advancements and extent of support to monitor & restock consignment inventories) "Ability and commitment to training operating room and hospital personnel. Outline an on-going program over life of contract to provide assistance & training as determined by physician and the frequency of training.
 

Web Link

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA-797-11-RI-0212 VA-797-11-RI-0212.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=231119&FileName=VA-797-11-RI-0212-000.docx)

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Record

SN02531008-W 20110813/110811235910-95f939d881c4d08a9756870561830486 (fbodaily.com)
 

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