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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Jonatan Rondon jonatan.rondon@va.gov 212-686-7500 ex. 5588

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

TITLE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE to Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Base Plus Four Option Years Contract for Roche Instrument Consumables and Reagents for the Hudson Valley VA Medical Center.

SOL: 36C24225Q0397

DUE:03/06/2025

SET ASIDE: N/A

NAICS: 3324516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.

POP STATE: 30 Days ARO AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468.

email: Jonatan.rondon@va.gov DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE to Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Base Plus Four Option Years Contract for Roche Instrument Consumables and Reagents for the Hudson Valley VA Medical Center.

The Histology Department requires a contract to provide stains and antibodies compatible with the Roche Ventana IHC stainer which is already purchased and on-site at Hudson Valley.

The IHC stainer from Roche Clinical Diagnostics was previously purchased but sits idle because the facility does not have a contract for the stains and antibodies used for clinical diagnosis. This work is currently being sent out to Quest Diagnostics Corporation at considerable expense.

The objective is to acquire a contract for IHC stains and antibodies to include, at a minimum the following materials:

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) (1)(ii), “Soliciting from a Single Source.” The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees.

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 March 6th, 2025. 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 jonatan.rondon@va.gov and received by 16:00 hours EST on March 6th, 2025. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.

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