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Description View Changes Notice of Intent Presolicitation Notice Page 3 of 3 Notice of Intent *=Required Field Presolicitation Notice Page 1 of 3 SUBJECT* Notice of Intent to Sole Source- Soniquence Smooth Wave i100 GENERAL INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE S ZIP CODE* 37129 SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24926Q0065 RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 01-02-2026 10AM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA ARCHIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE SET-ASIDE SDVOSB PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 6515 NAICS CODE* 339112 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Department of Veterans Affairs Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VAMC 116 N. Pauline St. Memphis TN POSTAL CODE 38105 COUNTRY USA CONTACT INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 (90C) 1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 204 Murfreesboro TN 37129 POINT OF CONTACT* Contracting Specialist Ryan Mick Ryan.Mick@va.gov 423-979-1408 DESCRIPTION This notice is in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul 5.101. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 09, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract for the product/service listed below to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, Melling LLC, headquarters out of Alexandria, Virginia. The contract is expected to be awarded under the authority of FAR Overhaul 12.102(a) for acquisitions valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), document the decision that only one source is available and the basis for the decision. A Sole Source Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition has been prepared. The anticipated award date is no later than 01-17-2026. The contractor will provide the product/service listed below to the place of performance listed on the cover page of this notice. This is a sole source requirement. Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VAMC Optometry Services is requesting a replacement Soniquence Smooth Wave i100 unit and accessories for the eye clinic. This equipment will allow the service to continue with the removal of benign periocular and eyelid pathologies. The equipment is used to cut tissue and control bleeding during surgical procedures by delivering high-frequency electrical energy to body tissues. The Soniquence Smooth Wave i100 is a radiofrequency unit for the precise cutting and coagulation of skin lesions with minimal thermal damage. The Smooth Wave generator uses a 4.0MHz output frequency that is over 8 times greater than that of electrosurgical devices. Soniquence generators create microscopic lateral heat while cutting and coagulating, thereby protecting surrounding tissue from unwanted thermal injury. The equipment uses RF filtering that automatically matches tissue impedance from 50-2000 ohms thereby providing consistent results through various soft tissue (skin, fat, mucosa, gingiva, etc.). Three distinct modalities include Monopolar, Bipolar, and Bipolar Turbo. There are no other units on the market that can pe