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FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice

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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Supply: Electrophoresis System Cost Per Test 33637 36C24818Q9266 08-24-2018 N 334516 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525 Tampa FL 33637 Michael Pierson michael.pierson@va.gov 813-631-2812 James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL Michael.Pierson@va.gov Michael.Pierson@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office-8 (NCO-8), in support of James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital (JAHVAH), Tampa, Florida and Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, Florida will award a Firm-Fixed Price contract to the responsible quoter using a comparative evaluation. The comparative evaluation will be performed in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3). The government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the government that exceeds the minimum but is not required to do so.

NCO-8 is soliciting Request for Quotes (RFQ’s) from potential quoters for a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved fully automated state of the art Electrophoresis system including Capillary Analyzer(s) for the diagnostic measurement of Serum Proteins, Hemoglobin Fractions, Serum Immunotyping, and Carbohydrate- Deficient Transferrin (CDT) by capillary electrophoresis technology and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis for Urine Proteins, Acid Hemoglobin Electrophoresis, Urine Protein Immunofixation, and Isoelectric Focusing Technology for spinal fluids. as described in the Statement of Need (SON) of the Request for Quote (RFQ) document.

This procurement is to be set-aside for SMALL BUSINESS using a cascading evaluation of offers. This solicitation is being issued as a tiered evaluation for SDVOSB concerns, or in the alternative, a tiered evaluation for VOSB concerns, or in the alternative, a set-aside for all other small business concerns. If award cannot be made, the solicitation will be cancelled and the requirement resolicited.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 334516. To be considered a small business under this NAICS code the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard must not exceed 1,000 Employees.

The Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation will be issued on or about August 15, 2018. All information for this solicitation will be posted on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) FedBizOpps at www.fedbizopps.gov

Potential quoters MUST register at FedBizOpps www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receive notifications and/or changes to the solicitation. Potential quoters are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information.

All interested parties MUST be registered in the SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and for SDVOSB/VOSB concerns must be registered and verified with Vet Biz at www.vip.vetbiz.gov The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Mr. Michael Pierson.

Questions can be emailed to: michael.pierson@va.gov