66--GE iDXA Lunar Equipment

The Department of Veterans Affairs, James J Peters VA Medical Center R&D Service intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with General Electric (GE) for their Lunar iDXA equipment, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. This equipment will be utilized for maximizing patient safety, as well as the quality and integrity of the soft tissue and bone measurements being analyzed for Cooperative Study (CS) #2003. A Major Secondary Objective of the study is to demonstrate that participants who use the exoskeleton in addition to standard of care will demonstrate at least a 1.0 kg loss in total body fat mass by the end of the four-month Intervention phase. The system must be available to measure the Visceral Fat and Knee density in the VA trial participants. This equipment is already being used to support this study and therefore to provide consistent study results the Lunar iDXA equipment must be utilized. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 4:00, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at [email protected]. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government