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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Paul O. Waite paul.waite@va.gov 757-315-3983

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, on behalf of Durham VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate a sole source Firm-Fixed Price contract for services with Brucker Scientific LLC. This service will include all OEM- full-service coverage Preventive Maintenance services on the Maldi Biotyper system and maintenance (PM) visit with complete inspection of MBT Galaxy system listed below. Service (work) includes labor, travel, a PM kit, complete inspection of the instrument with cleaning. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. §3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source. The Government intends to award a one-year (1) base plus two (2) one-year option contract.

This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that these services are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date on or about 1 October 2021 to Brucker Scientific LLC., 40 Manning Road, Billerica, CA, 01821-3915.

The preventive maintenance services sought supports previous capital investment buy of a Maldi Biotyper (MBT) microbial identification mass spectrometry system/ MBT Galaxy system and is critical to supporting bacterial infection surveillance. Brucker is the Original Equipment manufacturer (OEM) and Sales and Services for their microbiology and diagnostic equipment is only available for purchase via Brucker Scientific LLC itself. In addition, in North America Bruker does not train any non-Bruker employees or contracted dealers to service their products.

This synopsis announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Specialist within three (7) calendar days of this publication by contacting Paul O. Waite via e-mail at paul.waite@va.gov Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. This announcement closes 6 July 2021, NLT 12:30 PM EDT.

See attached document: P09. Performance Work Statement final.

See attached document: P02. Sole Source assertion letter.

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