Notice Type: Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source This is a SPECIAL NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 09, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Veterans Affairs Medical Center (TVHS VAMC), Nashville, Tennessee 37121, station 626 has a requirement for Lumenis laser surgical equipment maintenance service and intends to award a sole source contract to Lumenis Inc., 2400 Condensa St, Santa Clara CA. 95051. This proposed contract action is for the procurement of Lumenis Pulse laser surgical equipment maintenance service. This contract is to be in effect no later than May 1, 2022 and will expire April 30, 2023. Service and maintenance agreement for Lumenis Lasers, owned by TVHS at the VA Nashville and VA Murfreesboro Medical Centers. The service and maintenance contract includes both preventive maintenance (PM), also known as scheduled services or periodic maintenance, and corrective/maintenance (ah-hoc repairs) for three High-Risk FDA Regulated Medical Lasers in the Eye Clinics and the Operating Room system. The base period of performance is for a base year of 5/01/2022 thru 4/30/2023 and four (4) option years with only one source, Lumenis Inc., under the authority Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1). Lumenis Lasers are High-Risk FDA regulated Medical Devices and must be maintained in 100% compliance with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Specifications. All service representatives must be OEM trained to maintain these High-Risk FDA Regulated Medical Lasers. These lasers may potentially cause serious patient and staff injuries if not properly functioning and maintained. These lasers use proprietary parts, proprietary laser tubes and proprietary software that only Lumenis has available. No other vendor can provide service, planned or corrective, on these Lumenis Lasers. Lumenis is the only factory authorized company, and is the only organization that has the expertise, parts inventory, and factory training to resolve technical issues. Response: Responses to this Special Notice should be able to demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the service listed above. The purpose of this Special Notice announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HUBZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described above. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Responses should include the following information: Business name, address, business size and Socioeconomic Category (HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran, Small Business, Large Business, etc.), and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.com) and Representations and Certifications must be completed prior to any future award. Supporting evidence must be furnished in detail to demonstrate the ability to provide the full maintenance and repair service on equipment listed. Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this Special Notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,250. Any offeror capable of providing this service shall notify the Contracting Officer by email within 7 calendar days from the date of the publication of this special notice. *Responses must include written documentation from Lumenis Inc. showing your company is an authorized service provider for Lumenis Laser equipment. All information is to be submitted via email no later than 11:59 PM EST, April 8, 2022, to:
[email protected].