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This is a Special Notice documenting the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8's (NCO-8) intent to issue a firm-fixed price single-source procurement to Polymedco Cancer Diagnostics Products LLC for FY26 FIT Analyzer Polymedco-Diana REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables for the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The procurement is for medical testing consumables to replace obsolete FIT Analyzer reagents and platform with the new Polymedco-OC Diana model. The contracting office maintains that only one company possesses the capability to provide compatible reagents for the new equipment model, making this acquisition non-competitive under FAR 13.106-1(b) authority. The applicable NAICS code is 334516 with a 1,000-employee business size standard, and the Product Service Code is 6640.
Firms wishing to challenge the single-source determination must submit clear and convincing evidence of their capability to provide the services/supplies and demonstrate that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Challenge responses must be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Darrin Alexander at darrin.alexander2@va.gov no later than February 19, 2025 at 13:00 Eastern Time. The contracting office is located at VA Caribbean Healthcare System, 8 Casia Street, Orlando, Florida 32827. No solicitation package is available, as this is a notice of intent to award rather than a request for competitive quotes. The Government reserves the sole discretion to determine whether to compete this procurement based on responses received.
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Special Notice Special Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| FY 26: Reagents FIT Polymedco Diana |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 32827 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C24826Q0348 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 02-20-2026 13:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| 6640 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 334516 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) VA Caribbean Healthcare System #10 Casia St Orlando FL 32827
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contract Specialist Darrin Alexander darrin.alexander2@va.gov
(407) 491-9950
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AGENCY’S URL
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AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
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DESCRIPTION
See attached document: Notice of Intent To Sole Source.
The VA Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO-8) intends to issue a firm-fixed price single-source procurement to Polymedco Cancer Diagnostics Products LLC for_FY26: FIT Analyzer Polymedco-Diana REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables for the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The proposed contract is for a FIT Analyzer Polymedco-Diana REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables in order to provide medical testing products. The current REAGENTS and platform are becoming obsolete and are being replaced by the current products for the new model, which requires the use of new tests (REAGENTS). The products and equipment are utilized to ensure and maintain high-quality testing and disease discovery for medical patients. There is only one company with the capability to provide these compatible testing REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables products. The applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 334516 with a business size standard of 1,000 employees and PSC 6640.
The proposed contract is to replace the current FIT Analyzer Polymedco REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables that is becoming obsolete and is being replaced by the current model FIT Analyzer Polymedco- OC Diana REAGENTS (Cost-Per-Test) consumables, which the Government intends to solicit, with only one source under the Authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This is a notice of intent to award a single-source procurement action and is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation package is available. Firms that want to challenge the single source must show clear and convincing evidence of their capability to provide the services/supplies, and that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Those responses are to be submitted via email to CS/CO Email Darrin.Alexander2@va.gov no later than 02/19/2025 at 13:00 and Eastern Time Zone A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NCO-8 will not provide any reimbursement for any costs associated with or connected with providing any capabilities information.
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