SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Name Brand or Equal FUJIFILM FCR Carbon XL-2 with FDX Console Package
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2022 10:31:46 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 256-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 16 (36C256) RIDGELAND MS 39157 USA
- ZIP Code
- 39157
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25622Q1334
- Response Due
- 8/10/2022 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/09/2022
- Point of Contact
- Albert Kelly, Contract Specialist, Phone: 832-598-5196
- E-Mail Address
-
albert.kelly@va.gov
(albert.kelly@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- 1. Title: Name Brand or Equal FUJIFILM FCR Carbon XL-2 with FDX Console Package 2. Purpose: The Michael E. Debakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) located at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard. Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for the name brand or equal product. Contractor shall provide all shipping, installation (if required), equipment, personnel, labor and testing for name brand or equal product. This Sources Sought is published for market research purposes. This Sources Sought will be used to determine if a set-aside for any small business program is appropriate. Government anticipates competitive, firm fixed price contract. Please review this announcement, respond to questions below and review all attachments in their entirety. Government request that interested offerors complete all questions below, provide required documentation, descriptive literature and authorization letter as described below. The Government is in no way obligated to do business with or to enter into any form of contract with any person, firm or other entity that receives or responds to this announcement. 3. Objective: To find qualified and certified contractors with the capability to provide Two (2) Fujifilm FCR Carbon XL-2 with FDX Console Package that is name brand or equal to suggested manufacturer Fujifilm. The requirement consisting of the following Name Brand or Equal products that includes but not limited to: Item Description Part Number Quantity 1 FCR Carbon XL-2 reader unit 800048986 2 2 FDX Console technologist's workstation N/A 2 3 ST-IV 14x17 Imaging Plates N/A 4 4 Type PC 14x17 Cassettes N/A 4 5 Professional Services on-site application training workflow and image processing parameters customization N/A 2 6 1 Year, full system warranty (valid from original install date) N/A 2 Salient Characteristics FCR Carbon XL-2 single-plate reader unit (Brand Name or equivalent) 23-50 seconds display time 62-92 mages per hour throughput 100-micron standard reading mode (10 pixels/mm) 50-micron high-resolution reading mode (20 pixels/mm) Cassette incorporates a 0.5mm lead screen designed to be used with FDA-cleared radiation treatment linear accelerators (LINAC) or Cobalt 60 units. Utilizes total spectrum analysis of light and dark regions for highest contras PACS display and more detailed window and leveling. Utilizes algorithms to intelligently clarify and enhance details of over and under-saturated areas for best first-up display. Exposure Index & Deviation Index - (El & DI) compliance capability with the new international standard for tracking patient dose QC adjustments including exam reprocessing, sensitivity, latitude, density and contrast Suppresses noise without loss of diagnostic information or sharpness Optimizes multiple frequencies, improving dense & peripheral tissues Post-processing prevents grid moire patterns Enables full screen display of an image, as well as image magnification and zoom Ability to type comments and add them to the digital image Editing tools that allow technologist to add automatic and manual Shutters (black borders) and movable annotation markers Customizable technologist log in log out and user restrictions Text file download of patient image database, including reason for image rejection coding, for reject or other performance analyses DICOM Worklist Management for interface to RIS HIS DICOM CR Store for connectivity to PACS Desktop PC 19"" Touchscreen Display Barcode Laser Scanner Microsoft Windows 10 User Manual 4. Place of Performance: Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Radiology, Room 1146-21 1100 N. College Ave Fayetteville, AR 72703 5. Responses Requested: The MEDVAMC requires all the following information and questions answered in this RFI/SS: Questions and information that is not provided shall be considered nonresponsive to the Request for Information and contractor shall not be considered as part of the market research. a. Contractors shall provide their point(s) of contact name, address, telephone number, and email address; and the company's business size, and SAM Unique Entity Identification Number. b. Is your company a small business, SDBs, HUBZone, or 8A concern? Please provide proof of qualifications. c. Is your company considered small under the NAICS code 423450? d. Do you (Contractor) manufacture the product itself or a distributor of the items being researched above? e. Are you an authorized distributor/reseller? Provide evidence from original equipment manufacturer (OEM). f. Do you (Contractor) supply a product manufactured by another domestic small business, if it is a nonmanufacturer? g. Do you (Contractor) supply the product of any sized manufacturer if SBA has granted a waiver to the nonmanufacturer rule? h. Is your (Contractor) Buy American Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. i. Is your (Contractor) Trade Agreement Certificate completed in SAM? Please provide evidence with response. j. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it manufactured outside the US-Domestic non-available? k. Information for the name brand or equal product being requested, is it a foreign manufactured end product under the trade agreement? l. What is your schedule of delivery after receipt of order for the name brand or equal product? m. For the name brand or equal product required, Is your company available under any; Government Wide Agency Contract (GWAC) General Services Administration Schedules (GSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) If so, please list the contract number for name brand or equal product. n. Provide descriptive literature demonstrating ability to meet all of the requirement/salient characteristics listed if other than brand name product is being offered. Please provide list of contracts for commercial, federal, state, and local governments. Listed contracts shall provide communication on the government requirement illustrating the capability for comparison. to the name brand or equal product meeting the specific requirements per the draft Statement of Work. o. Contractors shall provide an estimated industry pricing for name brand or equal product for market research and budgetary purpose. 6. Opportunity: The MEDVAMC, is seeking information from potential contractors on their ability to provide this service. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REQUEST INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. Small Business Concerns are encouraged to provide responses to this Sources Sought in order to assist the MEDVAMC in determining potential levels of competition available in the industry. Contractor shall possess the capability to provide all requirements and objectives. 7. Instructions and Response Guidelines: Sources Sought responses are due by August 10, 2022 at 10:00 am (CST) via email to albert.kelly@va.gov. All Questions shall be submitted by August 10, 2022 at 12:00 pm (CST) via email to albert.kelly@va.gov. Telephone requests or inquires will not be accepted. Public Information will not be provided and shall be utilized to the full extent possible. This a New Requirement. The subject line shall read 36C25622Q1334 -RFI-Sources Sought- Name Brand or Equal FUJIFILM FCR Carbon XL-2 with FDX Console Package. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. There is no page limitation on subparagraphs 5(a) - 5(o). Please provide the information you deem relevant in order to respond to the specific inquiries of the Sources Sought. Information provided will be used solely by MEDVAMC as ""market research"" and will not be released outside of the MEDVAMC Purchasing and Contract Team. This Sources Sought notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this Sources Sought is preliminary as well as subject to modification and is in no way binding on the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on Contracting Opportunities (https://beta.sam.gov/) website or GSA. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought, or future RFP/RFQ. 8. Contact Information: Contract Specialist, Albert Kelly Email address: anthony.albert.kelly@va.gov Your responses to this notice are appreciated. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES/PROPOSALS; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may provide answers, responses and give written notification prior to the response due date and time. Supporting evidence and responses must be furnished in enough detail to demonstrate the ability to perform the requirements.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1100 N. College Ave Radiology, Room 1146-21, Fayetteville 72703
- Zip Code: 72703
- Zip Code: 72703
- Record
- SN06408293-F 20220801/220730230051 (samdaily.us)
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