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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 29, 2022 SAM #7577
SOURCES SOUGHT

65 -- Interacoustics Eclipse EP25 (Delivery for VA Pittsburgh) This is Brand Name Only. This is not a request for quote.

Notice Date

8/27/2022 9:33:53 AM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334510 — Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244) PITTSBURGH PA 15215 USA
 

ZIP Code

15215
 

Solicitation Number

36C24422Q1189
 

Response Due

8/31/2022 9:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

11/29/2022
 

Point of Contact

Allan Tabliago, Contract Specialist, Phone: 215-823-5800
 

E-Mail Address

allan.tabliago@va.gov
(allan.tabliago@va.gov)
 

Awardee

null
 

Description

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for information and planning purposes only at this time; and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Because this is a Request for Information announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bids, Request for Quotations, or a Request for Proposal. Do not submit a proposal or quote. This market research is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this sources sought notice. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this Sources Sought Notice. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of a competitive process. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. No solicitation exists. Therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. See instructions on page 8. Interacoustics Eclipse EP25 (Brand Name Only) INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: The Eclipse is a multifunctional screening and diagnostic device that interfaces with integrated audiologic software modules on a PC. Depending on the installed software modules and licenses, it can perform the following via OtoAccess Database: Early, middle, and late latency evoked potential testing (EP15/25) Vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing (VEMP) Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions (TEOAE) Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAE) Auditory Steady-State Response testing (ASSR) The Eclipse EP25 is intended for use in the electrophysiological evaluation, documentation, and diagnosis of ear disorders in humans. EP25 is a 2-channel evoked potential system that allows for recording waveforms that can be used for screening and diagnostic applications. OBJECTIVE: The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 04, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System Pittsburgh, PA hereby referred to as the VAMC Pittsburgh (646), is requesting the Brand Name only acquisition of the following: See 3.1.3 Table 1 for complete requirement MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: Salient Characteristics for Brand Name Interacoustics Eclipse EP25 EP25 module Includes all the features of EP15, including CE-Chirp LS family. Auditory middle latency response (AMLR) testing. Cortical testing. P300/mismatch negativity testing. Electrocochleography (ECochG) area ratio calculation by Professor John Ferraro. Research Module option (logging, export and use of WAV/speech stimuli). Cochlear microphonics (CM) and ECochG testing (optional for EP15) Technical Specifications Medical CE-mark The CE-mark indicates that Interacoustics A/S meets the requirements of Annex II of the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC Approval of the quality system is made by TÜV identification no. 0123. Standards Safety: IEC 60601-1, Class I, Type BF and Type B EMC: IEC60601-1-2 Test Signal: IEC 60645-3 Auditory test signals IEC 60645-7, Type 1 EPA Preamplifier Two channels standard EPA4 Cable Collector (4 electrodes). Standard 50 cm. Option: 5 cm or 290 cm One Channel (optional) EPA3 Cable Collector (3 electrodes). 50 cm Gain: 80 dB/60 dB Frequency response: 0,5 - 5000 Hz CMR Ratio: Minimum >118 dB. Typical 130 dB < 100 Hz Radio frequency immunity: Typically 25 dB improvement over previous available designs Max input offset voltage: 2,5 V Input impedance: 10 M / 170 pF Power from main unit: Insulated power supply with 1500 V isolation. The signal is digitally/capacitive insulated. Specifications as EPA4 Impedance measurement: Selectable for each electrode Measurement frequency: 33 Hz Waveform: Rectangular Measurement current: 19µA Range: 0.5 k 25 k Stimulus: Stimulus rate: 0.1 to 80.1 stimuli per second in steps of 0.1. Envelopes/Windows: Bartlett, Blackman, Gaussian, Hamming, Hanning, Rectangle and Manual (Rise/Fall and Plateau) Masking: White noise. Calibrated and presented in peSPL. Transducer: Ear Tone ABR insert phone, calibrated on an IEC 711 coupler. Headphone with independent calibration (optional) Bone conductor (optional) Level: 20 135.5 dB peSPL, (-10 100 dB nHL) in 1 dB steps. Polarity: Condensation, Rarefaction, Alternating. Click: 100 µs (200Hz -11kHz) Tone Burst Frequency: 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz. Tone Burst Stimulation Time: Stimulation up to 780 ms NB CE-Chirp LS Freq.: 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz Broadband CE-Chirp: LS 200Hz -11kHz Masking Level: +30dB to -40 dB relative to stimulus presented in peSPL. Recording Analysis Time: -150 ms prior to stimuli and up to 1050 ms (license dependant). A/D Resolution: 16 bit. Sampling frequency 30 kHz Artifact Reject System: Standard voltage based system Rejection levels: Manual 0.2 - 640 µV input wuth 0.1uV steps. Anti aliasing filter: Analog 5kHz, 24 dB / octave Dots per Trace: 450 displayed. Low Pass Filter: None or 17 12000 Hz, depending on the measurement type. 33 taps FIR Filter without wave peak latency displacement. High Pass Filter: 0.83 Hz to 500 Hz depending on the measurement type. DSP Low Pass Filter: 100, 300, 750, 1k, 1,5k, 2k, 3k, 4k, 5k, 7,5k Hz DSP High Pass Filter: 0.5, 1.0, 3.3, 10, 33, 100 Hz Display Gain: General Display Gain. Applicable during testing. Single Curve Display Gain. Applicable during testing. Controlled parameters: Stimuli Rate, Number of stimuli, Polarity, Click, Tone Burst (Frequency, no. of sine waves, window), Stilus intensity, Number of curves per intensity, Intensity (Ascending, Descending), Soft attenuator, Stimulus ear, Transducer, Masking level, Preliminary filter setting, Recording onset, Automatic next intensity (Wave repro level on screen), General Display Gain, Single Curve Display Gain, Baseline, Latency norm, Report templates, Print out, Manual stimulus to familiarization, Talk Forward Data collection: Impedance test, Waveform buffer (A/B, Contra, Ipsi-Contra, A-B = Noise), Curve (Hide, Fixate, Merge, Delete), Online EEG, Waveforms storage in unlimited storage database. Data Recovery: Lost data due to crash of Windows will in almost all cases be available upon re-establishing Windows operation Table 1 Part No. Description Qty 8506595 Interacoustics Desktop PC with monitor 1 8512735 Interacoustics Eclipse Pro Pack Module- License code; Wave files for speech stimuli BA, DA, GA; Research export opts (Matlab and Excel); Excel template for exported waveforms 1 ABR Secondary Monitor for Patient biofeedback 1 8510949 Interacoustics Eclipse EP25 1 8012286 VEMP Module 1 8070 Installlation 1 8074 In Service by Manufacturer Representative The Government and the Contractor understand and agree that the services to be delivered under this contract by the Contractor to the Government are non-personal services and the parties recognize and agree that no employer-employee or master-servant relationships exist or will exist under the contract between the Government and the Contractor s employees. POINT OF CONTACT (POC): The identified POC and technical representative for this acquisition is: Name: Scott Deluisio Phone Number: 412-360-3508 Email: scott.deluisio@va.gov ""No Government personnel, other than the Contracting Officer, have the authority to change or alter these requirements. The COR shall clarify technical points or supply relevant technical information, but no requirements in this scope of work may be altered as a sole result of such verbal clarification."" REPORTS/DELIVERABLES: Delivery confirmation of equipment and commodities will be made through the Logistics Department of the VAMC Pittsburgh (646). This will include documentation of receipt and assignment of a facility based EE number for identification and tracking purposes. Delivery confirmation of non-equipment/ commodities acquisitions is the responsibility of the receiving Facility and/ or Service. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION INSTRUCTIONS: The information identified above is intended to be descriptive, not restrictive and to indicate the quality of the supplies/services that will be satisfactory. It is the responsibility of the interested source to demonstrate to the government that the interested parties can provide the supplies/services that fulfill the required specifications mentioned above. Responses to this RFI should include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and point of contact e-mail, UEI Number, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 334510 (size standard of 1250 employees). Please answer the following questions: Please indicate the size status and representations of your business, such as but not limited to: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Large Business, etc.)? Is your company considered small under the NAICS code identified under this RFI? Are you the manufacturer, distributor, or an equivalent solution to the items being referenced above? If not, can you provide additional information shown below. This is to confirm compliance with the non-manufacturer rule IAW 13 CFR 121.406(b) Nonmanufacturers. Does your company exceed 500 employees; Primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item being supplied; Take ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; Obtained an individual or class waiver? If you are a large business, do you have any designated distributors? If so, please provide their company name, telephone, point of Contact and size status (if available). If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above or an equivalent solution, do you alter; assemble; modify; the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is altered; assembled; modified? If you intend to subcontract any work on this contract, what portion of the total cost will be self-performed/will be performed by your organization? Please provide estimated detailed percentage breakdowns related to subcontracted work and completion of job. Does your company have an FSS contract with GSA or the NAC or are you a contract holder with any other federal contract? If so, please provide the contract number. If you are an FSS GSA/NAC contract holder or other federal contract holder, are the items/solution you are providing information for available on your schedule/contract? General pricing of your products/solution is encouraged. Pricing will be used for the purpose of market research only. It will not be used to evaluate for any type of award. Please submit your capabilities in regard to the salient characteristics detailed above and any information pertaining to equal to items to establish capabilities for planning purposes? Please review salient characteristics/statement of work (if applicable) and provide feedback or suggestions. If none, please reply as N/A. Please provide your UEI number. This RFI will be conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received via e-mail to allan.tabliago@va.gov no later than, 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on August 31, 2022. This notice will help the VA in determining available potential sources only. Do not contact VA Medical Center staff regarding this requirement, as they are not authorized to discuss this matter related to this procurement action. All questions will be addressed by the Contracting Specialist, Allan Tabliago. Questions or responses will include the Source Sought number in the subject line. All firms responding to this Request for Information are advised that their response is not a request for proposal, therefore will not be considered for a contract award. Any interested business concern must submit a no longer that 10-page capability statement addressing its ability to meet the requirements listed above to Capability Statement shall include a statement regarding how the business concern is engaged in wholesale trade and normally sells the item being supplied and how the business concern will take ownership of the items being delivered. Vendors shall also provide certification, evidence that they are an authorized distributor of the Original Equipment Manufacturer. If a solicitation is issued, information will be posted on the SAM web site for all qualified interested parties at a later date and interested parties must respond to the solicitation to be considered for award. This notice does not commit the government to contract for any supplies or services. The government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Request for Information. Information will only be accepted in writing by e-mail to Contracting Officer at allan.tabliago@va.gov. DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh VAMC-University Drive University Dr C, Pittsburgh 19106, USA

Zip Code: 19106

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06443688-F 20220829/220827230118 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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