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INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE:

KEYENCE BZ-X800E FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE

GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE, INC.

15212-5319 36C24E21Q0158 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

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Rachael Talbott Rachael.Talbott@va.gov The Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Medical Center’s Research & Development Department intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 13.106-1, for KEYENCE BZ-X800E FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE COMPUTER & SOFTWARE from GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE, INC. This item will be used for the sample visualization, data collection and analysis of cellular and histological samples in the department.

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 Thursday, July 1, 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; with the subject titled: 36C24E21Q0158. 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.