Intent to Sole Source Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Albation System
Letter of Intent The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, Hampton VA. 23667, intends to negotiate a Sole Source Firm-Fixed Price contract for Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Ablation System for the Durham VAMC, with Buffalo Supply Inc. Buffalo Supply Inc. is the sole distributor of Integra Science Corporation s Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Ablation System. This procurement will be in accordance with FAR 5.202(a)(13). This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that this equipment is highly specialized and is only available via one source. The sole source assertation has been attached to this notice. The requested equipment will be procured without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of supply will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date of March 22, 2019, to Buffalo Supply Inc., 1650A Coal Creek Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026. This is a Brand-Name Only for the Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Ablation System. The equipment will satisfy the minimum requirements of the Durham VAMC Surgical Clinic. This synopsis announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer within five (2) calendar days of this publication by contacting Tiffany Pimble via e-mail at tiffany.pimble@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a), woman owned business, service disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, and or a GSA Contract holder. The firm must also indicate whether they are an U.S. or foreign owned business. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. 36C24619Q0409 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6
3/20/19, 10:53 AM Cancel Sources Sought Notice 36C24619Q0409 Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Albation System
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE 2 March 19, 2019 36C24619Q0409_1 558-19-2-122-0101 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6), Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC., intends to award a contract for the purchase Cuna Excel Ultrasonic Tissue Ablation System. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334510 and business size standard of 1,250 employees. This is not a request for bids, quotes or proposals. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. Dept of Veterans Affairs is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to Service Disabled Veterans Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veterans Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) concerns; if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient SDVOSB, VOSB; than the requirement will be set aside for a Small Businesses. If there are no sufficient Small Business respondents, the agency will then advertise as Full and Open Competition. In which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to provide and offer. The Durham VA Medical Center located at 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 is seeking a potential qualified vendor that can provide the following (no gray Market items accepted): ITEM DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURE QTY UNIT CUSAEXCEL CUSA EXCEL ULTRASONIC TISSUE ALBATION SYSTEM INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES 1 EA This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested, nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. All information submitted in response to this Sources Sought notice become property of the Government. Interested and capable respondents are requested to provide the information below. All responses to this notice shall include: company name, address, point of contact, phone number, DUNNS number (www.dnb.com ), procurement source (open market or GSA Schedule), the geographical location the respondent is able to service, and documentation of an authorized distributor certification (if a brand name product is intended for offer should the requirement go to solicitation). Business size (small or large business concern), and number of employees; Type of small business: a. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business b. Veteran Owned Small Business c. Small Disadvantaged d. HubZone e. Woman Owned f. Small Business Responses to this notice should be emailed to tiffany.pimble@va.gov. Telephone responses will NOT be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than February 21, 2019 at 1:00 pm EDT. This notice is to assist the Dept of Veterans Affairs in determining sources only. All contractors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (www.sam.gov.). All Veterans Owned Businesses must registered in the Vendor Information Portal (VIP) (https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/). 36C24619Q0409 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6
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