NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE RFI / Sources Sought: 36C26325Q0655 The DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Network 23 Contracting Office is conducting research and is issuing this Request for Information to learn of the availability and capability of business sources qualified to provide the items listed below as Brand-Name Only. This is NOT a solicitation. SUBJECT: Interacoustics Micromedical Orion Reclining Rotary Chair Brand Name Only. NAICS CODE: 334510 PSC: 6515 INTERESTED SOURCES SHALL RESPOND BY: All responses must have the VA RFI Number in the Subject Line of the email!!! All responses must be received no later than 10:00am CST, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 All responses must be submitted to this email address: james.miller4@va.gov POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address. State if your firm distributes the Brand-Name items or Equal items. State if your firm has the required items on a Schedule (GSA, FSS, NAC, etc). If so, include contract number and expiration date. SAM UEI number for your firm State if your firm is a large business, small business, service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, HUB zone 8(a), women-owned small business or a small-disadvantaged business. If your firm is a Socio-economic small business (WOSB, VOSB, SDVOSB ), state if your firm is a Non-Manufacturer under the Non- Manufacturing Rule. Information regarding the Non-Manufacturer Rule can be found at these links: Nonmanufacturer rule | U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov) -OR- https://www.sba.gov/partners/contracting-officials/small-business-procurement/nonmanufacturer-rule#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20nonmanufacturer%20rule,if%20it%20is%20a%20nonmanufacturer BRAND-NAME ONLY MODEL AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Interacoustics Micromedical Orion Reclining Rotary Chair Brand Name Only 8526809 Micromedical Orion Reclining Rotary Chair with VE525 VNG, Top Mounted Goggles, RF Remote Control, Equipment Cart, Printer, ISO Transformer, VE525 Software, OtoAccess Database Small Form Factor PC, DOES NOT INCLUDE TV Capability to complete the following tests in an integrated and non-enclosed reclining rotational chair system: sinusoidal harmonic acceleration from .01Hz to .64Hz, step velocity testing up to 200 degrees/second, visual ocular reflex (VOR) suppression testing from .01Hz to .64Hz, visual VOR with large screen monitor included, and oculomotor tests including gaze, smooth pursuit, saccades, saccadometry, and optokinetics, and dynamic visual acuity (DVA), active head rotation (AHR), and gaze stabilization testing (GST), and integrated VHIT testing including Suppression Head Impulse Test (SHIMP) with patient worn goggles. In rotational mode the chair must have no more than a 2-foot, 6-inch rotational clearance space around base and no more than 6-foot, 6-inch diameter swing safety arc around the chair base. Capability to recline to multiple angles, precisely recline to 30-degrees for caloric testing and fully-recline to zero degrees with removable headrest for Dix-Hallpike testing and positional maneuvers. Non-remote goggle-integrated VHIT test camera measures and displays graphical presentation of head versus eye movements for all 6 semicircular canals and provides a 3D anatomically correct model in software of semicircular canals and includes Suppression Head Impulse Test (SHIMP). 8503836 Micromedical Air FX Caloric Irrigator Lighted Otoscope with Disposable Speculums, Flow Rate of 8 Liters Per Minute, Active Cooling Below Room Temperature, 9 Foot Irrigator Hose, USB Interface to Spectrum VNG Software, Front Panel Push Buttons for Temperature and Time. /VNG TV VNG TV, Bracket & Cable 8517470 OtoAccess Database 8525982 Interacoustics EyeSeeCam vHIT Includes: EyeSeeCam vHIT Goggles, Software & Manuals CD, EyeSeeCamSoftware, Carrying Case INSTALLATION Installation - ___ Delivery: NWI VA Health Care System - Omaha 4101 Woolworth Ave Omaha, NE, 68105 NOTICE TO ALL RESPONDENTS: The Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system such that the OEM warranty and service/support pass through to the VA customer in totality. All warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The vendor shall provide new items ONLY; no remanufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. DISCLAIMER AND ADDITIONAL NOTICES: Responses may be used as research to better understand the market place or for creating a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this or future information requests. AT THIS TIME NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. (DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION). This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s.)
