65--RFI to announce Hearing Aid Repair Industry Days April 11-13 2012.

THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DENVER ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS CENTER (DALC) IS REQUESTING INFORMATION ON HEARING AID AND EARMOLD REPAIR. The VA will be hosting an Industry Days for hearing aid repair vendors on April 11-13, 2012 in Golden, Colorado. The purpose for this meeting is to allow hearing aid repair vendors the opportunity to give an informative presentation on their commercial practices, such as common repair procedures, earmold repair procedures, warranties, pricing, etc. The audience will be Government individuals involved with the VA's Hearing Aid Repair Program, to include representatives from Acquisition and the DALC internal repair lab. Manufacturers will be given one hour to present and answer questions from the group. Sales or promotional materials should not be presented. Only vendors who repair hearing aids or hearing aids and earmolds will be invited to participate; vendors who provide or repair only earmolds shall not participate. Interested parties should contact Elaine Holloway, Contract Specialist, via email at [email protected] no later than March 9, 2012. Please identify the company you are representing and a point of contact to which information can be directed. A scheduled date and time will be coordinated with the point of contact, as well as additional instructions. This Request for Information (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. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI 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 notice.