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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 Intent to Sole Sourc - Inscopix nVoke Integrated Imaging & Optogenetics System 15212-5319 36C24E19Q0057 N 334516 US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Service Area Office (SAO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319 lynn.portman@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VA Health Care System, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Inscopix for the nVoke Integrated Imaging and Optogenetics System for Rodents. This is a platform for simultaneous or sequential visualization of large-scale neural circuit dynamics and optogenetic manipulation in the same FOV with a miniature microscope with optogenetic capability, data acquisition box, and nVoke acquisition software. Inscopix is the only vendor capable of providing the specialized miniature microscopes for specific recording sites of the brain which is a requirement for this VA research. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Thursday, April 25th, 4:00, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.