36C24221Q1519.docx

Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

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

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Kendall Jones kendall.jones@va.gov 315-425-4400 x56553

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

LE: 65- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

SOL: 36C24221Q1519

DUE: 09/22/2021 SET ASIDE: None

NAICS: 334516

POP STATE: 10/01/2021-09/30/2022

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs James J Peters Bronx VAMC, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10548 Kendall N Jones Kendall.Jones@VA.GOV mailto: kendall.jones@va.gov

DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO Life Technologies Corporation. The James J Peters Bronx VAMC is currently seeking to purchase a ThermoFisher Ion Torrent™ Genexus™ Integrated Sequencer for the Pathology and Laboratory medicine COVID 19 testing under the terms of a Firm Fixed Price contract.

Market research was conducted and determined that Life Technologies Corporation is the only vendor capable of providing supplies necessary that meet the requirements off the Pathology and Laboratory (P&L) Service for the required Ion Torrent™ Genexus™ Integrated Sequencer in support of the declared COVID 19 National Pandemic, and must be compatible with existing equipment utilized by the P&L service. Changing the source 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 Life Technologies Corporation and are distributed solely by Life Technologies Corporation.

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 September 22, 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 September 22, 2021. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.

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