W065--Portal MRI Monthly Rental

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 - HOUSTON In Support of the Alexandria VA Medical Center REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0082 STATEMENT OF WORK INTERIM MOBILE MRI MAGNET SYSTEM GENERAL REQUIREMENT Alexandria VA Health Care System (VAHCS) hereby request the rental of a Philips 1.5T Mobile MRI (or equivalent) system on an interim basis. The contractor shall provide all equipment tools, materials, labor, transportation, site construction (to include utility hook-ups) if necessary, equipment training, on-site installation, and anything else necessary to provide for the equipment rental for the Philips 1.5T Mobile MRI (or equivalent) system. Contractor is responsible for all maintenance and service of the mobile MRI system to include all Preventative Maintenance, Service Calls, Transportation, Parts, and Labor at no additional cost to the Alexandria VAHCS. The mobile system is needed for a period of 6 months with the option for additional months if necessary. The system shall be delivered, set-up and fully functional within 45 days after contract award. The contractor shall be responsible for dis-assemble and removal of the system at the end of the contract period of performance. The contractor shall be responsible for all maintenance and Original Equipment Maintenance (OEM). The OEM response time is 4-hours. During the duration of the contract, the Mobile MRI system shall maintain a minimum clinical availability ( Uptime ) of ninety (90%) under normal use and circumstances. Contractor shall keep and maintain the system in good working condition in accordance with the OEM. Contractor shall provide cryogens, service, and preventive maintenance of the system at regular intervals between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. The Mobile MRI system must at a minimum fit into the electrical parameter described in the attached diagram. It must be a five prong electrical Plug along with the configuration and electrical components seen in diagram. The dimensions that the mobile system must fit into will be at a minimum 57 in length x 21 in width along with a height minimum of 13 6 . The mobile trailer shall not exceed 48 long x 10 wide x 13 6 height. The mobile unit must meet the following salient characteristics: Ultra-Compact Magnet System-53 cm FOV, short bore, 60 cm bore diameter, typically better than 0.8 PPM VMRS homogeneity, Dynamic FOV shimming High Performance Pulsar Gradient System-33 mT/m maximum gradient amplitude, 80 T/m/s slew rate Software Level R3.2.2 Physiological Synchronization-PPU, VCG, Respiratory Gating DVD Read/Write Freewave 8 Channel Digital RF System-3 Mhz Bandwidth per RF channel-outstanding SNR Windows XP 64 bit computer system with 24-inch LCD monitor-Quad Core 2.66 Ghz, 8 GB RAM Host, 12 GB Ram Reconstructor, 144 GB system disk, 144 GB Data Disk, > 1200 Images per Second Reconstruction Software: Scan Tools Pro, Neuro Pro, Ortho Pro, Onco Pro, Angio Pro, Body Pro, Cardiac Pro, Pediatric Pro Smart Exam Brain, Same Scan, MobiView, MobiFlex, BLISS, VISTA, SNAPSHOT, MULTIVANE, DWI, SPAIR, BOLUSTRACK, TRACS, TRANCE, b-TRANCE, PROSET, WATS, FATS, Asymetric TSE, m-FFE, Refocus Control, 3D TFE, DWIBS, Motion Track Body, CLEAR, Picture Plus, T2* Perfusion, PRESTO, EPI Bold, Motion Correction Neuro, Phase Contrast, BFFE/BTFE, 3D Brain View, FLAIR, STIR, SE, TSE, TFE, FFE, Dual Gradient Echo, e-THRIVE, Keyhole, MRCP, DRIVE, Black Blood, Arrhythmia Pro rejection, 2D/3D TOF, CE MRA, Quantitative Flow, Dynamic Imaging, Dual IR, 2D/3D EPI, 2D/3D GRASE, TONE, MOTSA, CHARM, MT, CENTRA, Retrospective Gating, Infill, Prospective Gating, Flip angle Sweep, Flow Comp, PEAR, SMART. Inline processing-diffusion maps (eADC, ADC, TRACE), Diffusion Registration, T1 and T2* Perfusion color maps, Image algebra (subtraction, image separation) Picture Plus. Post Processing-MPR, MIP, Subtraction, ADC/eADC, Flow measurements, Picture Plus, Perfusion, MTCR, addition, subtraction, Multiply, Volume View 33 mT/m Maximum Gradient Amplitude ONCO Plus Package 80 T/m/s Slew Rate Advanced SENSE Advanced Digital RF System SofTone Mobile Kit BolusTrak Power Amplifier MobiTrak Single Shot Diffusion including ADC Calculation Synergy Platform Tensor Diffusion Synergy Multiconnect Coil Interface RIS Worklist Host Computer and User Interface Codonics CD Burner RapidView Reconstructor Medrad Spectris Injector Operator s Console Patient Support and Comfort Accessories ECG Triggering and Gating ScanTools Neurology Package Orthopedic Package Body Package Breast Package Angio Package Artifact Reduction Package Parallel Imaging Package DICOM Power Distribution Unit REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the exact brand name products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response please cite your business size status. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that may be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. DISTRIBUTORS: You must provide proof that you are an authorized distributor. VA does not accept grey market items. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of potentially equivalent items, please respond to this RFI. Vendors are requested to submit estimated market research pricing with their responses. The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. (e.g. if CO determines that capable small businesses cannot provide fair and reasonable pricing, then the solicitation will not be set-aside). Please note that if no responses to this notice are received, from either authorized distributors of the cited brand name nor from manufacturers marketing a potentially equivalent brand, then this action will be sole sourced to the manufacturer cited in the Background section above. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to contact@example.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than 03/17/2020. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.