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This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice announcing the Department of Veterans Affairs' intent to award a sole source contract for high-performance PC workstations to MBF Systems Integration for the White River Junction VA Medical Center. The procurement is being conducted without a competitive solicitation based on the determination that Microbrightfield Bioscience is the only vendor capable of providing the required workstation configuration. The contract is valued not to exceed $34 million under NAICS code 541715 with a 1,000-employee size standard, and the applicable Product Service Code is 6515. The sole source authority is established under FAR 6.302-1, citing that only one responsible source exists and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency's requirements.

Interested parties may contact Claudia Hansley, Contract Specialist, at Claudia.Hansley@va.gov for additional information regarding this procurement. The Contracting Officer retains sole discretion to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on any responses received to this notice. This pre-solicitation notice serves as the formal notification of intent and no formal solicitation document will be posted for this requirement.