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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 Intent to sole source : BIOMOMENTUM EQUIP UPGRADE BLRD AWARD 15212-5319 36C24E19Q0124 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, Portland VA Health Care System, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Biomomentum to upgrade the VA’s existing Match1 mechanical tester upgrade for ongoing experiments. In support of VA research, the upgrade will allow the ability to test mechanical properties of regenerated cartilage with Mach-1 equipment and get data that provides the VA a basis to understand how scSOX9 interacts with cartilage repairing for better design means of cartilage regeneration. The automated indentation mapping protocol can generate high-resolution maps of various mechanical properties of the entire articular surface of specimens. Only this equipment will be suitable to the lab’s needs as it is an upgrade to existing equipment and required for scientific continuity who are already trained on equipment to prevent a lapse of the 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 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.