Cepheid GeneXpert Supplies
The Department of Veterans Affairs published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source a requirements contract for Cepheid GeneXpert supplies. The notice seeks to award a firm fixed price contract to Cepheid for one base year with four one-year options to provide PCR testing cartridges, reagents, supplies, maintenance, and technical support for Cepheid GeneXpert equipment at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center.
The objective is to continue testing services for conditions like MRSA, C. difficile, and others using the GeneXpert equipment. The notice instructs that responses from other sources must provide convincing evidence that competition would benefit the government by November 14, 2023 to be considered, though award is anticipated to Cepheid as the sole provider of compatible cartridges. Pricing will be on a cost per test basis including supplies, reagents, and service through April 2029 if all options are exercised.
36C25024Q0093 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10
11/8/23, 3:08 PM Cepheid GeneXpert Consumables
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a contract to CEPHEID on March 20, 2024 for the provision of Cepheid GeneXpert Consumables. The contract, valued at $115,000.70, was awarded under solicitation number 36C25024Q0093 and will be performed by CEPHEID. The contract does not have a set-aside and is classified under NAICS code 325413 and Product Service Code 6632.
36C25024Q0093 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10
3/28/24, 4:10 PM Cepheid GeneXpert Supplies
The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare System, VISN 10 intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Cepheid Genexpert for Cepheid GeneXpert cartridges and collection kits. The contract would provide these supplies to the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center to perform various diagnostic testing on its GeneXpert module system. The agreement would be a firm fixed price contract for a base year starting April 15, 2024 with four option years, pricing the specified cartridges and collection kits on a cost per test basis. Responses to the notice must be submitted by November 7, 2023 to be considered, demonstrating how competition would benefit the government.
The opportunity is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The associated NAICS code is 325413 for pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing, with a business size standard of 1,250 employees. Cepheid Genexpert is identified as the potential incumbent contractor. No award values or quantities are specified, but the supplies would support diagnostic testing needs over the five-year period of the potential sole source contract with Cepheid Genexpert.
36C25024Q0093 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10
11/2/23, 11:23 AM