Page 1 of 4 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING A MARKET SURVEY AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, PROPOSAL ABSTRACTS, QUOTATIONS OR INVITATION FOR BIDS The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting a MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified large business sources (2) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (3) whether they are Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Small Business, HUB Zone 8(a), Women-Owned, or small disadvantaged business concern, (4) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition, and (6) current market price. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The NAICS code is 339112: Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIREMENT: The Bath VA Medical Centers has a requirement for: Item Quantity AUDIOMETER - GSI AUDIOSTAR PRO - GRASON STADLER Pro Clinical two-channel audiometer; includes calibration of existing high frequency headphones and speakers. 2 PLEASE PROVIDE APPROXIMATE PRICING Specific Tasks : The following features must be present: Dimensions:           W x D x H: 20.1 inches x 14.6 inches x 13.2 inches (LCD raised)           Height with LCD lowered 5.5 inches (14.0 cm)           Weight: 17 lb (7.7 kg)           Shipping Weight: 27 lb (12.25 kg)           Power Consumption: 90 Watts Two independent channels Pure Tone Channels 1 and 2 Frequency Range:           Air Conduction: 125 Hz to 12,000*** Hz           High Frequency:* 8,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz (8 kHz, 9 kHz, 10 kHz, 11.2 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 14 kHz, 16 kHz, 18 kHz*** and 20 kHz***)           Full Frequency Range:* 125 Hz to 20,000 Hz           Bone Conduction: 250 Hz to 8,000 Hz           Sound Field:* 125 Hz to 8,000 Hz           Paired Inserts:* 125 Hz to 8,000 Hz           Frequency Accuracy: ±1%           Total Harmonic Distortion: ´        < 2% (earphones and paired insert phones*) ´        < 5% (bone vibrator) Intensity Range:**           Air Conduction (TDH 50P): -10 dB HL to 120 dB HL            High Frequency:* -20 dB HL to 100 dB HL (with Sennheiser HDA 200 Phones)           Bone Conduction            Mastoid: -10 dB HL to 75 dB HL            Forehead: -10 dB HL to 65 dB HL           Sound Field:*             -10 dB HL to 90 dB HL (basic speakers)            -10 dB HL to 96 dB HL (high performance speakers) -10 dB HL to 102 dB HL (high performance speakers and external booster amplifier)           Paired Inserts:* -10 dB HL to 110 dB HL           Masking Intensity Range (Calibrated in effective masking)            Narrow Band Noise: Maximum dB HL is 15 dB below tone            White Noise: Maximum dB HL is 30 dB below tone Signal Format:           Steady: Tone continuously present.           Pulsed: Tone pulsed 200 msec ON, 200 msec OFF           FM: Modulation Rate: 5 Hz - Modulation Depth: +/- 5%           Pulsed/FM: Pulsed and Modulated Speech Channels 1 & 2          Microphone: For live voice testing and communications            INT/EXT A & INT/EXT B: Can be utilized for internal wave files or recorded speech material from an external digital device Intensity Range:           Air Conduction: -10 dB HL to 100 dB HL for TDH 50P (Linear Type          Bone Conduction            Mastoid: -10 dB HL to 55 dB HL            Forehead: -10 dB HL to 35 dB HL           Sound Field:* -10 dB HL to 80 dB HL           Paired Inserts:* -10 dB HL to 95 dB HL Masking Intensity Range:          Speech Noise:            Air Conduction: -10 dB HL to 95 dB HL (TDH 50P)            Bone Conduction: 10 dB HL to 50 dB HL (mastoid) 10 dB HL to 35 dB HL (forehead)            Sound Field: -10 dB HL to 80 dB HL          White Noise:            Air Conduction: -10 dB HL to 95 dB HL (TDH 50P)            Bone Conduction: 10 dB HL to 50 dB HL (mastoid) 10 dB HL to 35 dB HL (forehead)            Sound Field: -10 dB HL to 80 dB HL Special Tests:          ABLB or Fowler: Tone alternating between Channel 1 and Channel 2: Channel 1 is 400 msec ON, 400 msec OFF followed by Channel 2, 400 msec ON, 400 msec OFF.          SISI: An intensity increment is added to a tone in the selected channel for 200 msec, every 5 seconds. The HL increments are in 1, 2 or 5 dB.           High Frequency:* Pure tone testing in the frequency range of 8,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz using circum-aural headphones.          TEN: TEN masking noise will be presented to the test ear. Pure tone stimuli between 500 Hz and 4000 Hz may be used at 1, 2, or 5 dB increments to obtain TEN thresholds.          QuickSIN: Six (6) sentences with five (5) key words per sentence are presented in four-talker babble noise. The sentences are presented at pre-recorded signal-to-noise ratios. The SNR s used are 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, and 0.          BKB-SIN: Contains 18 List Paris. The sentences are presented at prerecorded signal-to-noise ratios that decrease in 3-dB steps. Each list in the pair is individually scored, and the results of the two lists are averages to obtain the List Pair score. Results are compared to normative data to obtain the SNR Loss. Quality System:           Manufactured, designed, developed and marketed under ISO 13485 certified quality systems Compliance/Regulatory Standards Designed, tested and manufactured to meet the following domestic (USA), Canadian, European and International Standards:           ANSI S3.6, ANSI S3.43, IEC 60645-1, IEC 60645-2, ISO 389           UL 60601-1 American Standards for Medical Electrical Equipment            IEC/EN 60601-1 International Standards for Medical Electrical Equipment           CSA C22.2 # 601-1-M90            Medical Device Directive (MDD) to comply with EC Directive 93/42/EEC FOB DESTINATION:              VAMC BATH     76 Veterans Ave     Bath, NY 14810-0810 POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: 1. Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address, NAICS code(s), business size (i.e., small/large), GSA contract number (if applicable) and DUNS Number. 2. Can you provide under GSA Contract or Open Market? 3. Responses may be emailed to
[email protected]. 4. The deadline for responses to this notice is 10:00 am EDT on Friday, March 23, 2018. AT THIS TIME NO SOLICITATION EXISTS. (DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION). AN AWARD WILL NOT BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS RFI.