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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a solicitation for bids, proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this Unrestricted/Open Market, Brand Name Or Equal To (BNOE) Sources Sought Notice/RFI is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. The responses received from interested contractors will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 20, is conducting market research to identify potential sources which can provide the following items Brand Name or Equal To (BNOE) for Boise VAMC:
Items Requested:
Nexus Q32 - QEEG Neurofeedback and Biofeedback system - includes 7 years of NeXus software (NeXus Q32 w/ 7years of software) (1 EA)
NG Neuroguide Software (1 EA)
NeXus Blood Volume Pulse Sensor - Heart rate - BVP/HR Sensor (NC-BVP-F) (1 EA)
NeXus Respiration Sensor (NC-RSP) (1 EA)
NeXus Skin Conductance and Temperature Sensor (NC-C-GT) (1 EA
Ag/AgCl finger electrodes for the NX-GSR1D (NX-Skin Conductance electrodes) (1 EA)
Microporous Tape (for NB-TMP-F) - 3 rolls (SU-MEDTAPE) (1 EA)
NeXus EXG Sensor for EMG/EEG/EKG/EOG for Q32. 2 Channel Sensor. To be used in combination with the NeXus EXG ground cable (NCS-EXG-2BP-S) (1 EA)
NeXus EXG Ground Q32 (NC-GND-S) (1 EA)
Q32 - 2 Channel EEG Linked Ear Sensor: EEG-LE Sensor (2-Channel) (NCS-EEG-2LE-S) (1 EA)
EEG cap Q32 / S..NeXus EEG Cap Small for Q32 (21 Channels), Size: 50-54 (NB-EEGCAP-S-S) (1 EA)
EEG cap Q32 / M..NeXus EEG Cap Medium for Q32 (21 Channels), Size: 54-58 (NB-EEGCAP-M-S) (1 EA)
EEG cap Q32 / L..NeXus EEG Cap Large for Q32 (21 Channels), Size: 58-62 (NB-EEGCAP-L-S) (1 EA)
Ear Clip set Small & Medium for the NeXus system set includes 2 clips and (10 pc) silver/silver chloride electrode pellets (Ear Clip Set S&M) (1 EA)
4630: Ag/AgCl Pre-gelled, disposable, snap connectors, white cloth backing, 6/strip, 150/bag (hypoallergenic) (4630 (3SG3-N)) (1 EA)
Syringe & Blunt Needle Kit (includes 5 each of syringes and blunt needles) (Syringe & Blunt Needle Kit) (1 EA)
Conductive paste for non-disposable electrodes 4 oz ar (pack of 3) (Ten20 4 Paste) (1 EA)
NuPrep: EEG & EMG Prepping gel, 4oz Tube 10-30 (Pack of 3) (NuPrep) (1 EA)
Electro Gel 16oz (1 EA)
Lenovo Flagship Legion Laptop (Laptop Computer 15) (1 EA)
NeXus-10 Mark II with USB/Bluetooth processing (Nexus 10 MK II Set) (2 EA)
Blood Volume Pulse sensor Heart rate / finger for the NeXus (NB-BVP-F) (2 EA)
NeXus Respiration Sensor (NX-RSP1B) (2 EA)
Skin Conductance Sensor for the NeXus (NB-GSR) (2 EA)
Ag/AgCl finger electrodes for the NB-GSR (NX-Skin Conductance Electrodes) (2 EA)
Temperature Sensor for the NeXus Family Systems (NB-TMP) (2 EA)
Microporous Tape (for NB-TMP-F) - 3 rolls (SU-MEDTAPE) (2 EA)
2 Channel EMG/EEG/EKG/EOG/ Sensor Cable for the NeXus (NX-EXG2B) (4 EA)
Ground reference cable for the NeXus-10 (NX-EXGB-REF) (2 EA)
Zukor s Air Flying themed feedback game (2 EA)
Ag/AgCl electrodes for EEG, EMG, ECG (50 per pack) (BlueTrodes) (2 EA)
Ear Clip set Small & Medium for the NeXus system set includes 2 clips and (10 pc) silver/silver chloride electrode pellets (Ear Clip Set S&M) (2 EA)
Ag/AgCl Pre-gelled, disposable, snap connectors, white cloth backing, 6/strip, 150/bag (hypoallergenic) (4630 (3SG3-N)) (2 EA)
Conductive paste for non-disposable electrodes 4 oz jar (pack of 3) (Ten20 4 Paste) (2 EA)
NuPrep: EEG & EMG Prepping gel, 4oz Tube 10-30 (Pack of 3) (NuPrep) (2 EA)
Lenovo Flagship Laptop (Laptop Computer 15) (2 EA)
24 Monitor (2 EA)
Printer (2 EA)
Shipping Cost (1 EA)

Salient Characteristics:
(Nexus Q32)
FDA registered, Medial CE Class 1, ISO 13485 certified comprehensive neurofeedback/biofeedback (NFB/BFB) device/system.
Allows for multimodal NFB/BFB signal acquisition, 21 channel EEG as well as 11 channels using other sensor types.
High data quality, up to 4k Hz in real-time with 24-bit resolution.
Meets FDA safety compliance standards.
Meets FDA data safety compliance standards.
Allows for simultaneous signal acquisition across biofeedback modalities: respiration, heart rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), surface electromyography (muscle, sEMG), temperature, and skin conductance (SC).
Allows for multi-modal therapy work.

(Nexus 10 MK II)
FDA registered, Medial CE Class 1, certified comprehensive biofeedback device/system.
4 x bipolar ExG, 4 x AUX, 1 x trigger, 1 x digital.
USB for maximum sample rates and data quality.
Event trigger for synchronization.
Hz sample rates up to 8.192 Hz in 24 bit resolution.
LiPo battery pack for 24+ hours of recording.
OLED display for system status.
Bluetooth for wireless data transmission.
SD card memory for ambulant recordings.
Meets FDA safety compliance standards.
Meets FDA data safety compliance standards.

RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: Company name, address, and business size, point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail address, OEM Authorization Letter to provide the supplies must be included in the response.
Please note whether the requested supplies are presently offered on a current Government contract. NAICS Code 334510 is applicable to determine business size standard. Any questions or concerns may also be directed to Scott James via e-mail at scott.james@va.gov.
*This Sources Sought/Request For Information (RFI) is for market research purposes only.
*Response deadline is NLT 11:59am on 8/2/2023.
Disclaimer and Important Notes:
This Sources Sought Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. The Government will treat any information received as proprietary and will not share such information with other companies. Any organization responding to this Sources Sought Notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. The Government may or may not issue a solicitation as a result of this announcement. There is no solicitation available at this time.

Applicable Clause/provision for this sources sought notice:
VAAR 852.212-72Â GRAY MARKET AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS (MAR 2020)
 (a) No used, refurbished, or remanufactured supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. This procurement is for new Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) items only. No gray market items shall be provided. Gray market items are OEM goods intentionally or unintentionally sold outside an authorized sales territory or sold by non-authorized dealers in an authorized sales territory.
 (b) No counterfeit supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. Counterfeit items include unlawful or unauthorized reproductions, substitutions, or alterations that have been mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified item from the original manufacturer, or a source with the express written authority of the original manufacturer or current design activity, including an authorized aftermarket manufacturer. Unlawful or unauthorized substitutions include used items represented as new, or the false identification of grade, serial number, lot number, date code, or performance characteristics.
 (c) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system, verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

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