65--Active Breathing Coordinator Equipment- Durham

Sources Sought Notice The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VISN 6 Network Contracting Office (NCO), on behalf of Durham VA Medical Center, is conducting market research through this Sources Sought Notice for small business sources for Elekta Active Breathing Coordinator equipment. This notice is seeking Brand Name or Equal equipment (manufacturer is Elekta). NEW equipment ONLY - no remanufactured or gray market equipment. Equipment must be covered under manufacturer s warranty. This notice is seeking a small business vendors who are an Elekta authorized distributor. The potential offeror shall be able to provide all equipment components shown below. Background: Radiation Oncology is using advanced treatment procedures to improve patient treatment. Certain types of radiation treatments can benefit from patients holding their breath on inhalation or exhalation. This helps to ensure the tumor motion is reduced to make a more reproducible setup to ensure they are treated accurately each day. The Elekta Active Breathing Coordinator with Aktina SpiroCheck Duo is a device that provides non-invasive, internal immobilization of anatomies affected by respiratory motion. Active Breathing Coordinator supports automated assisted breath-hold gating of the MV beam in conjunction with the Response gating interface, as well as manual gating capability without Response. This helps to limit radiation to surrounding tissues and organs and allow treatment to only the necessary areas. Performs ABC QA for both spirometry and balloon valve accuracy and functionality. Front panel LCD displays all PASS/FAIL test results without the need to connect system to ABC system for post processing data analysis. Consists of a precision machined piston with a 3L calibrated volume connected to a linear actuator, creating sinusoidal tidal volume. Includes adapter for ABC 2.0 and 3.0. Includes calibration certificates. RoHS compliant. See ATTACHMENT for complete list of equipment components. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 334519, Size Standard: 500 Employees, and the Classification code is 6515. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Interested parties should submit with their response the following information: Company name, DUN#, business size, and contact information. Please email this information to contact@example.gov no later than 10:00 am EST Monday January 9, 2017. Phone inquiries will not be accepted.