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FedBizOpps Special Notice

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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 Intent to sole source - Bottle Recovery System 15212-5319 36C24E19Q0123 N 334516 US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319 lynn.portman@va.gov lynn.portman@va.gov lynn.portman@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs, Albuquerque VA Health Care System, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with BellatRX for the Model 1040 solid dose bottle recovery system. BellatRx has specific, required salient characteristics that no other equipment can match. They are the only company in the pharmaceutical packaging business that manufactures a solid dose recovery system and desiccant pouches or canisters within the bottles ranging in size from 75cc to 1500cc. This equipment offers standard Interlocked safety guarding system in place to prevent injury to personnel and moving parts as standard safety features, built in vacuum system for dust extraction, minimizing drug particulates from entering the atmosphere and production personnel from inhaling drug particles, completely mobile design with infeed turntable with complete docking mechanism for easy transport, and a conveyor bottle infeed at 36” height convenient for operators without the use of platforms.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 Wednesday, July 31st, 12:00, 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.