36C24221Q1163.docx

Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 02 1304 Buckley Road Suite 101 Syracuse NY 13212

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Officer Jones, Kendall N kendall.jones@va.gov 315-425-4400 x56553

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

LE: 65- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

SOL: 36C24221Q1163

DUE: 07/21/2021 SET ASIDE: None

NAICS: 325413

POP STATE: 08/22/2021-08/21/2026

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs Northport VAMC, 79 Middleville Road Northport NY 11768 and VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System Castle Point Campus, 41 Castle Point Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Kendall N Jones Kendall.Jones@VA.GOV mailto: kendall.jones@va.gov

DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. The VA Northport and Hudson Valley Healthcare System -Castle Point Campus is currently seeking to purchase reagents for the Bio-Fire Film Array system for pathology and laboratory medicine testing under the terms of an Indefinite Delivery Quantity (IDIQ).

Market research was conducted and determined that BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. is the only vendor capable of providing supplies necessary that meet the requirements off the Pathology and Laboratory Service which must be compliant with the Bio-Fire Film Array system. Changing the source of reagents would mean altering the validity of the results and would severely impact the capacity of the Pathology and Laboratory Service to perform its required functions up to the required standards. All items are manufactured exclusively by BioFire Diagnostics, LLC and also distributed by BioFire Diagnostics, LLC.

The vendor is required to deliver:

This Notice of Intent is not a request for Proposals or Quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The government may consider all Expressions of Interest received prior to January 06, 2021. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice must be emailed to kendall.jones@va.gov and received by 1300 hours EST on July 21, 2021. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.

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