Q--Vision Restoration Therapy

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract. The Department of Veterans' Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (JAHVH) located in Tampa, FL intends to solicit and negotiate with NovaVision Inc. the procurement of Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT): NovaVision Diagnostic Device and NovaVision Treatment Devices. VRT is a FDA-cleared, non-invasive procedure used on patients with vision loss due to a stroke or brain injury. VRT is reported to stimulate the borderzone between the seeing and blind fields with a specific pattern of suprathreshold stimuli. This product allows for guided in-home training of patients with visual field loss/deficits. To the best of our knowledge, this system is unique in its features and capabilities. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Supporting documentation must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate comparability to the NovaVision system. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all information received by 2:00 p.m. EST, 11 September 2008, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NAICS 334510 with a size standard of 500 employees. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. Interested parties may e-mail, [email protected], or fax 813-972-7572.