The US Army Medical Command, Regional Health Contracting Office-Central, Fort Carson Health Contracting Cell is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties that have an interest in providing Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) Systems (Brand Name) for Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, CO.

No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. Any requests for a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored.

It is anticipated that the proposed services will result in a Firm Fixed-Priced contract.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 339112 - "Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing". The Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees.

The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Small Business Community to include Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Women-Owned Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), as well as the interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Large Business community, to compete and perform a Firm Fixed Price Contract for this requirement. The type of solicitation to issue will depend upon the responses to this sources sought synopsis. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice should demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to provide the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA) Systems. In response to this notice, interested parties shall submit a written Statement of Capability limited up to 5 pages and shall include the following information: Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size (small versus large business) and type of ownership for the organization.

The Government is not obligated to, nor will it, pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought notice. 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. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed contract action based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Interested Offeror shall respond to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 10 April 2017 at 3:00P.M MST All interested businesses must be registered in the Central Contractor's Registration (CCR) through the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to [email protected]. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.