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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice 36C249-20-AP-1923 Lexington Microbiology ID/AST Contract 37129 36C24921Q0006 07-29-2020 12:00

CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA

N 334516 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

NCO 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400 Murfreesboro TN 37129 Daniel Tibitoski Daniel.Tibitoski@va.gov Daniel.Tibitoski@va.gov 615-225-6665 1101 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY.

40502

USA

This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.

Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NCO 9 Network Contracting Office, on behalf of the Lexington VA Medical Center is conducting market research through this source sought notice to seek sources to identify potential experienced businesses that are capable of meeting the requirements per the Statement of Work (SOW) below Purpose and Objectives: Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.

NAICS code: 334516 and sized standard is 1000 Employees.

NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status must be registered and CVE verified in VetBiz Registry www.vetbiz.gov.

Project requirements:

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel to provide services necessary to perform onsite microbiology identification and susceptibility instrumentation shall have the capability of performing or reporting the clinical parameters as defined in the statement of work. The instrument(s) shall be able to simultaneously perform the testing as described below and meet the performance characteristics for accuracy and precision as defined by the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Services to eligible beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington VA Medical Center (hereinafter referred to as VAMC). The Contractor is required to provide a continuously stocked inventory of reagents, standards, controls, supplies, disposables and any other materials required to properly perform tests on the equipment such that equipment operations are not interrupted. These items shall be of the highest quality, sensitivity, specificity and tested to assure precision and accuracy. Expiration date must be clearly marked on reagent, standards and control bottles. Unexpected changes in methodology/technology shall be at the expense of the Contractor. Alert/Notification of any delays in shipment as well as any or all technical advisory/recalls/alerts, prior to or simultaneously with field alerts should be forwarded to the Microbiology Supervisor and Lab Chief.

Period of Performance: Services shall be provided on site, Lexington VA Medical Center, 1101 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY. 40502.

Anticipated period of performance: 10/01/2020 thru 09/30/2025.

Other important considerations: Cite any other information that is necessary for potential respondents to understand the nature of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition.

Capability statement /information sought: Response to this announcement shall not to exceed 10 pages and should include the following information: (1) A tailored capability statement indicating the firm’s ability to provide a product and related services; (2) The respondents’ DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., SDVOSB/VOSB, etc,) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; (3) Information should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.

Please e-mail your response with the above information to Daniel.Tibitoski@va.gov or fax to (615) 849-3769) with the subject line "Sources Sought Notice # 36C24921Q0006 by 12:00 a.m. on (07/29/2020). Any question should be emailed to Daniel.Tibitoski@va.gov “Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).”