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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE:

Focus XC 2RV Automated Peptide Synthesizer AAPPTec, Inc.

15212-5319 36C24E21Q0154 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

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

RACHAEL TALBOTT

RACHAEL.TALBOTT@VA.GOV

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Biomedical Laboratory R&D at Nashville, TN, intent to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1, for automated peptide synthesizer, Focus XC, from Advanced Automated Peptide and Protein Technology (AAPPTec, Inc). Focus XC, an automated peptide synthesizer, has a design which eliminates the risk of cross-contamination during peptide synthesis. It is equipped with 24 independent lines used for delivery of amino acids with separate lines for coupling reagents (HBTU/6-Cl-HOBt and DIEA) as well as deprotection solution and solvents. Also, it utilizes a solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) coupling protocols allowing for synthesis of high-quality peptides containing up to 40 amino acids.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office to the contracting office no later than Monday, June 28, 2021, 12:00 PM, EST. However, those statements shall describe in detail how the vendor can meet or exceed the Veterans Affairs’ requirements. Interested/capability statements shall be sent to Rachael Talbott at Rachael.Talbott@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.

*THIS IS AN INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE*