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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 Monique Cordero monique.cordero@va.gov

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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affaris Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, Durham VA Medical Center, Greenville HHC intends to enter into a sole source procurement with Trillamed LLC dba Trillamed 30100 Telegraph Rd STE 366, Bingham Farms, MI 48025.

NAICS 339113-Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing. The proposed contract action is to provide quarterly preventative maintenance services on Government owned equipment to include labor, parts, supplies, and equipment necessary to the Greenville HHC. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, using the procedures under FAR 13.106-1(b). Soliciting from a single source. Contract will be for a period of performance of 01/01/2025-12/31/2025, with four 1-year options. This notice of intent is not a request for quotation.

(a) Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or service contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufacture or gray market items will be acceptable.

(b) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or service contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorized letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM’s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions.

(c) The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right to enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA’s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items.

No solicitation will be made available. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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