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Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston SC 29403-5799

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Darius Crane darius.crane@va.gov

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Special Notice

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 7), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform industry contractors of the Government’s intent to execute a Sole Source award IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements per 41 USC §3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

1. This is for the purchase of Surgical Instruments for WBJ Dorn VA Medical Center. The vast number of surgical instruments are from the Manufacturer V. Mueller and are in the facilities current inventory. ASE Direct MedSurg is a verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and is the Authorized Distributor of these instruments. In addition, the instruments come with a Unique Device Identifier (UDI) marking for the FDA National requirement instrument tracking for Sterilization Processing Service Department (SPS). Standardization of the equipment is vital to ensure standardization of supplies.

· V. Mueller has the most comprehensive line of UDI instruments compliant with the FDA National mandates.

· UDI can be scanned directly into the facilities tracking systems.

· All barcodes follow General Specification 1 (GS1) Barcoding Standards.

· V. Mueller serves as a single–source manufacturer supplier for virtually every surgical specialty.

· V. Mueller has an instrument repair partnership with Steris IMS.

Supports compliance with VHA Directive 1116(2) Sterile Processing Service and VHA Directive 1761 Supply Chain Management Operations on instrument storage, management, and par level The place of performance is WBJ Dorn VAMC, 6439 Garners Ferry Rd, Columbia, SC 29209. This action will result in a Firm-Fixed Price Contract.

The intended Contractor is ASE Direct MedSurg.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is, 339112, Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment and Supplies - Product of Service Code for this requirement is 6515, Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is 1,250.

This notice of intent is neither a formal solicitation nor a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No award will be made based on unsolicited quotations or offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. The intent of this synopsis is for informational purposes only. 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 action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed- price contract.

All Interested parties who are responsible, certified, and capable may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement NLT August 2, 2022, at 2:00 PM EST. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer, Darius Crane who can be reached at: Darius.Crane@va.gov.

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