ENT Surgical Instrumentation

In accordance with FAR 10, Market Research, responses to this notice 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 the Sources Sought Notice. The purpose of this announcement is to gain market research knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size . The Department of Veterans Affairs Lebanon VA Medical Center, 1700 S Lincoln Ave, Lebanon, PA 17042, is seeking potential sources capable of providing new ENT surgical instrument sets with the Draft Statement of Need (SON) below. The Government s purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine if there are alternative manufacturers capable of providing all the needed instruments listed. Instruments requiring light and/or power must be compatible with Olympus towers currently in use at facility. An excel spreadsheet is attached to assist in responding to this notice. Use is not mandatory and only meant to encourage vendors to supply part numbers. Please include the following information in your response: Company name Address Contact person name, phone number, and email address UEI # Business size/ /type (i.e. 8a, Hubzone, SDVOSB, VOSB, etc.) FSS/eCAT/SAC/NAC/NASA SEWP or any other Government held contract, if applicable provide the number. NAICS: 339112 Size Standard: 1000 Employees Please answer the following

questions: Provide the brand name, country of origin, and all manufacturer part # s for the listed surgical tools. Are you the manufacturer, distributor, or equivalent solution to the above items? If not, can you provide additional information, as shown below? This confirms compliance with the nonmanufacturer rule IAW 13 CFR 121.406(b) Nonmanufacturers. If you re a small business and you are an authorized distributor/reseller for the items identified above or an equivalent solution, do you alter, assemble, or modify the items requested in any way? If you do, state how and what is changed, assembled, or modified. If you are a large business, do you have any designated distributors? If so, please provide their company name, telephone,

Point of Contact, and size status (if available). Please review salient characteristics/statement of need (if applicable) and provide feedback or suggestions. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted directly via email to [email protected]. Responses that only include generic marketing material and do not provide part numbers to determine capability to meet

requirements may not be considered. Responses must be received no later than 7:00 am ET, 2/19/2025. No solicitation document is available at this time. This notice is simply for Market Research Purposes Only. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. The VA will not reimburse any potential contractors for any costs associated with this Sources Sought Notice. STATEMENT OF NEED (SON) ENT Surgical Instrumentation

Background: The Adult Laryngoscopy Sets, Micro Laryngoscopy Sets as well as the FESS Instrument Sets are used to perform various surgical procedures involving the Sinus Cavity. Currently the OR only has enough sets of the required ENT instruments and FESS instruments for the current ENT staff. The lack of additional instruments for the two new ENT providers is impacting patient care and the ability to schedule surgeries. Additionally, if an instrument is dropped during surgery, we must have a backup set, as the VA is not permitted to flash sterilize an item this presents a safety issue for the patient in surgery. It is mandated by SPS policy to have additional sets in order to have sterile instruments/scopes available should something fail or become contaminated.

Scope of Work: The primary