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This Special Notice is a sole source intent to award a contract to Roche Diagnostics Corporation for supplying specific laboratory reagents and consumables for the Roche HE600 and Benchmark Special Stainer at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. The contract will be a Requirements contract with five pricing periods from 7/30/2025 to 7/29/2030, covering 29 line items including various staining solutions, cleaning kits, and specialized staining kits such as Alcian Blue, Diastase, Gram Staining, and Congo Red Staining Kits.

Interested parties may submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via email to Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov by June 30, 2025, at 1:00 pm EST. The government will review submissions to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement, with the final decision solely at their discretion. The solicitation number is 36C24225Q0762, the NAICS code is 334516, and the Product Service Code is 6640. No proposals or quotations will be accepted, and the notice is for information purposes only to identify potential alternative sources.

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Special Notice

*= Required Field Special Notice

SUBJECT* Intent to Sole Source - ROCHE HE600 AND BENCHMARK REAGENTS

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 14227

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24225Q0762

RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 06-30-2025 13:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK,

USA

ARCHIVE 60 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 6640

NAICS CODE* 334516

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2

2875 Union Road

Suite 3500

Cheektowaga NY 14227

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer

Janelle Bonafede

Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov

716-862-7461 ext. 24570

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL https://www.va.gov

URL DESCRIPTION VA Home Page

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov

EMAIL DESCRIPTION Network Contracting Office

DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO

Roche Diagnostics Corporation - to supply brand name only Roche HE600 and Benchmark Reagents to James J. Peters VA Medical Center. Roche reagents and consumables are the only reagents and consumables that can be used on the Roche HE600 and Benchmark Special Stainer.

TITLE: 65-NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

SOL: 36C24225Q0762

DUE: 6/30/2025

SET ASIDE: N/A

NAICS: 334516

AGENCY: James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468.

POC: Janelle Bonafede at Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov.

DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO

Roche Diagnostics Corporation - to supply brand name only Roche HE600 and Benchmark Reagents to James J. Peters VA Medical Center. Roche reagents and consumables are the only reagents and consumables that can be used on the Roche HE600 and Benchmark Special Stainer. This will be a Requirements contract with five

(5) pricing periods as follows.

Base: 7/30/2025-7/29/2026 Pricing Period 1: 7/30/2026-7/29/2027 Pricing Period 2: 7/30/2027-7/29/2028 Pricing Period 3: 7/30/2028-7/29/2029 Pricing Period 4: 7/30/2029-7/29/2030

Each ordering period will consist of the following line items:

Line Item

Description/Part Number Qty (Kits)

1 6544347001 VENTANA HE 600

BLUING

2 6544380001 VENTANA HE 600

TRANSFER FLUID

3 6711138001 COVERSLIP

CASSETTE, 12-PACK

4 7024282001 VENTANA HE 600

HEMATOXYLIN

5 7095163001 VENTANA HE 600

ORGANIC SOLVENT

6 7534396001 VENTANA HE600

Coverslip Activator(2Pack)

7 6544304001 VENTANA HE 600

EOSIN

8 6544312001 VENTANA HE 600

WASH

9 6544339001 VENTANA HE 600

DIFFERENTIATING SOLUTION

10 9476580001 Benchmark Special Stains Cleaning Kit

11 5279194001 ALCIAN BLUE FOR

PAS

12 5279208001 DIASTASE KIT 1

13 6523102001 BMK SPEC STAINS

DEPAR SOLUTION (10X)

14 6523072001 BMK SPEC STAINS

LIQUID COVERSLIP

15 8309817001 BENCHMARK

SPECIAL STAINS WASH II

16 6137920001 SS TEMPERATURE

VERIFIER SLDS

17 6890105001 GRAM STAINING KIT 1

18 5279399001 Reticulum II Staining Kit 1

19 5412749001 SPECIAL STAINS GMS

II STAIN KIT PACK

20 9592229001 Elastic Van Gieson 1

21 8432503001 Benchmark SS AFB Staining Kit

22 5279186001 ALC BLUE STAINING

KIT PH2.5

23 5279429001 Congo Red Staining Kit 1

24 5279224001 GIEMSA STAINING KIT 1

25 5279259001 IRON STAINING KIT 1

26 5279275001 MUCICARMINE

STAINING KIT

27 5279291001 PAS STAINING KIT 4

28 6521908001 TRICHROME

STAINING KIT

29 5248850001 KIT PACK, EBAR

(US/EUROPE)

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 to determine that a comparable source to the government is available.

The government may consider all Expressions of Interest received prior to June 30, 2025, by 1:00pm EST. 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 Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov and received by June 30, 2025, by 1:00pm EST. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.

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