6515--Intraoral Scanner Sources saught

he Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 22-G(NCO 22G) is conducting a market survey and is seeking potential sources for . This Sources Sought Notice is issued for information and planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation or a request for proposal and shall not be construed as an obligation or commitment by the Government. An award will not be made on any offers submitted in response to this notice, and it shall not be implied the Government is committed to providing any solicitation or award following this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided.   Responses shall be submitted to Nick Price at Nicholas.Price@va.gov by COB 6/25/2021 SUBJECT: RFI FOR INTRAORAL SCANNERS  This notice

is intended strictly for market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified sources of supply and determine the socioeconomic size classification of the supplier and manufacturer of the end item.  Interested companies shall provide, at a minimum, the following information with their response;   Company Name and Address: Point of Contact (POC) Name: Email Address: Phone Number: DUNS Number: Brochures of their offered equipment.  The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is  339114  Mark if your firm is eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs. If so, please indicate the program:   [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business (SB)   [ ] yes [ ] no - HUBZone   [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business 8(a)   [ ] yes [ ] no - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)   [ ] yes [ ] no - Women-Owned (WO) Small Business  [ ] yes [ ] no - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)  [ ] yes [ ] no - Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no - Large Business   [ ] yes [ ] no - Other (please specify)    Please answer the following questions:  [ ] yes [ ] no - Does not exceed 1,5000 employees; (for NAICS  339114 must be verifiable thru the System for Award Management)  [ ] yes [ ] no Is primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item being supplied;   [ ] yes [ ] no Takes ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice (identify how this occurs); and   [ ] yes [ ] no Will supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such requirement pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) CFR 121.406.  Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.  In addition to providing the information requested above, responding companies are encouraged to include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, past experience etc.) to confirm the company s ability to meet the requirements outlined in this request.   Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued.  Requested technical specs for Intraoral Scanner Intraoral Scanner Salient Characteristics Dental 3D Scanner Specifications: The scanner must: Be able to open STL files Have scanner tips which can be autoclaved on average more than 150 times before replacement Have the ability to take a color shade measurement Be able to take intraoral camera HD photograph Be able to do patient specific motion Be able to identify tongue or moving object automatically Operate wirelessly Have trueness/accuracy at no greater than 6.9 +/- 0.9 Âμm Have precision/consistency of 4.5 +/- 0.9 Âμm Possess digital impression system without the requirement for powder or impractical stillness in scanning. Have indications for full dentures, aligners and additional ortho treatments. Have Color Pod Wireless 3D Scanners with five autoclavable scan tips Have three batteries and a charging hub. Have an annual operations license and one-year Limited Warranty Allow the design of crown/bridge creation via virtual design with models and splints design exportable via STL Design capability. Have caries, diagnostic and monitoring tools. Have preventive care possibilities The associated segmentation laptop must: Have be a 17.3 gaming laptop with three USB ports and a CD burner. A gaming laptop is a minimum requirement for having high speed processing of graphic software for viewing and segmenting STL files. Have 2.0 speaker configuration and 7.1 digital audio out using HDMI out con. Have a 256GB PCie SSD M.2 Hard Drive Have 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2400Mhz Memory Have at least CPU Intel Core i7-9700 processor and Windows Operating System Have an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 6GB CDDR6 (OC Ready) Display Have dental design and implant processing software installed prior to delivery Have Killer E3000 2.5 Gbps Ethernet NIC, Killer Wireless 1550 2x2 AC and Bluetooth 5.0 (Standard) Network capabilities. The increased speeds are a new technology for helping process 3D imaging software and segmentation files for editing and viewing. Have design and implant software which allows for planning, placement and design of surgical guides via STL Design File Exportation. Have software platform functionality for design, implant, orthodontics, patient monitoring, treatment simulation, smile design and single platform. The design software must: Have copings and bridge frameworks Be able to do follow indications Have anatomical copings and bridge frameworks Have full anatomical crowns and bridges Show gingiva on all indications Have single wax up/wax up bridge Have inlay/only/inlay bridge and veneer capabilities Have tabletops and non-prepared veneers Have multi-layer crowns and bridges Have digital temporaries Have virtual diagnostic wax ups Have post-core capabilities Have telescopes Have Ai scanning and patient specific motion capabilities to remove the need to retract lips and tissues while scanning Have dynamic occlusion and monitoring Have shade matching Have customized abutments and screw-retained crowns Have implant bar and bridges Have full dentures Have removable partial dentures Have customized impression trays Have model builder to produce STL scans Have positioning guides Have smile design for 2D design of smiles which allows a photo of a patient s face to be used to design a smile for them within minutes chairside to be shared with the patient. Have splints, night guard and protectors Have implant planning and surgical guides Have patient monitoring software which enables the ability to follow a patient s dental situation over time with a visual overview of the patient s history which can be compared between two specific visits for measuring changes between scans. Have a treatment simulator which allows the scanning of patient s teeth to provide a visual for orthodontic treatment planning and case approval chairside.