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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*

Contract Specialist Tiara R. White tiara.white@va.gov 757-315-3941

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, Hampton VA 23667, intends to negotiate a Sole Source Firm- Fixed Price contract for the Durham VAMC, which requires purchasing of specialize reagents for special transcriptomics in brain tissue for the study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source.

This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that these services are highly specialized 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 of July 8, 2022, to Stripes Global Inc., 245 4th Street Suite 204, Bremerton, WA 983337. This is a Sole Source requirement to satisfy the minimum requirements of the Richmond VAMC.

The following items are needed, and work shall be completed:

This intent 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 Contract Specialist within three (3) calendar days of this publication, Tuesday July 5, 2022, by 12:00pm EST by contacting Tiara White via e-mail at Tiara.White@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 intent. This intent shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Contract Specialist will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.

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