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This is a Special Notice for a pre-solicitation sole source procurement. The Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office East intends to award a sole source contract to Thermo Fisher Scientific, LLC (275 Aiken Road, Asheville, North Carolina) for equipment moving, relocation, calibration, and preventative maintenance services for the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. The requirement involves relocating a FEI Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Tecnai G2 Spirit from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York to the VAPSHCS facility in Seattle, Washington. Services include two primary components: preparation for shipping, unpacking, and reassembly of the TEM, plus annual comprehensive maintenance services for one year. The solicitation is limited to Thermo Fisher Scientific because its electron microscopic division is the original manufacturer and current owner of FEI Company, making it the only responsible source capable of performing disassembly and reassembly work. All services must be provided by OEM-certified technicians with specific experience on the Tecnai G2 Spirit model.
The response deadline is July 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The NAICS code is 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a $34.0 million size standard, and the Product Service Code is J066. No formal solicitation will be posted to SAM.gov Contract Opportunities due to the sole source determination under FAR 6.302.1-1. Interested parties may contact Contracting Officer Ms. Millicent Covert via email at millicent.covert@covert@va.gov; however, the Contracting Officer maintains sole discretion regarding whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on this notice. The contracting office is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (zip code 15215-1802).
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Special Notice Special Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Equipment Move/Relocation and Preventative Maintenance of Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) FEI Tecnai 12 Spirit |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 15215-1802 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C24E26R0020 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 07-29-2026 11:59 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 60 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| J066 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 811210 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Veterans Health Administration |
Regional Procurement Office East Building 32 Suite 1A1111 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh PA 15215-1802
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contracting Officer Ms. Millicent Covert millicent.covert@va.gov (Calls shall not be accepted)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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DESCRIPTION
Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. Regional Procurement Office (RPO) - East intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Thermo Fisher Scientific, LLC, located at 275 Aiken Road, Asheville, North Carolina, for the J VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS - Seattle) for equipment moving/relocation/calibration and preventative maintenance services.
Background:
Requirement is to move the FEI transmission electron microscope (TEM) Tecnai G2 Spirit from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New York, New York, to VAPSHCS in Seattle, WA. The services consist of two requirements: 1) preparing the TEM for shipping, unpacking TEM, re-assembling TEM and 2) Annual comprehensive maintenance service for one (1) year.
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s electron microscopic division was formerly FEI Company, the original manufacturer of the FEI transmission electron microscope (TEM) Tecnai 12 Spirit. The FEI Company is now a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific. No other company has the expertise to perform the 1st part of the contract disassembly and reassembly. All services must be provide by OEM certified technicians who have previous experience with the Tecnai G2 Spirit.
Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to SAM.gov Contract Opportunities. The applicable NAICS code is 811210 – Electonic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a $34.0M size standard. The PSC is J066. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at millicent.covert@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
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