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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 16 (NCO 16) Biloxi In Support of the Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C25622Q1104 BACKGROUND: Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (GCVHCS) currently utilizes virtual reality systems for Veterans in the Community Living Center, Inpatient Medical Surgical Ward, PTSD Clinic, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services. The addition of applied virtual reality for employee use will enhance our ability to provide adjunct opportunities for employees to decrease stress and anxiety. This modality will be one of the options for employee use in the newly created employee wellbeing center at the Biloxi campus as well as multiple mobile employee wellness carts for the outlying buildings and CBOCs.

Please respond if you can provide the following item(s); AppliedVR Soothe VR Headsets with controller and preloaded with de-stressing and calming software with escape, relaxation, and guided imagery experiences. We will need implementation service/support for one year from the date of the contract award. Specifications/Characteristics: Minimum technical specs must be provided to meet the requirements of the GCVHCC: Stand-alone headset with 1 conroler per headset Preloaded with a minimum of 40 destressing and calming software with escape, relaxation, and guided imagery experiences Hands-Free headset Does not depend on wifi for operation Technical and IT support for one year High resolution 4K screen Wipeable facepad on the headset Head tracking interface capabilities (does not require hand controllers) to provide user accessibility for people without upper body function/stimulation

REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this RFI 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 or equal products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response please cite your business size status. If you have an existing General Service Administration (GSA) or VA, Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract or Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)/Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), 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, FSS 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).

Responses should include: (1) Business Name (2) Business Address (3) Point of Contact Name Phone Number E-mail Address (4) DUNS Number (5) NAICS code (6) Business Size: SMALL or LARGE (7) Type of Business: SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED (SDVOSB), VETERAN OWNED (VOSB), 8A, HUBZone, WOMAN-OWNED (WOSB), etc. (8) Letter stating OEM authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment and/or services if applicable (9) GSA/FSS Contract Number if applicable 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 Jeff Mason, jeffery.mason2@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 30th, 2022 by 2:00 pm CT.

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.