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This Special Notice describes a sole source procurement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System for a Diasorin LIAISON MDX System. The VA intends to acquire one standalone Real-time PCR Thermocycler specifically for Candida auris screening, with a comprehensive package including the system, UPS, printer, service manuals, reagents, consumables, maintenance agreement, and training. The system is required to have faster turnaround time, a small tabletop footprint, continuous processing capability, FDA approval, and high sensitivity.
The solicitation is a firm fixed-price 5-year IDIQ contract with Diasorin Molecular, LLC of Cypress, California, under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The response deadline is September 17, 2025, at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The VA asserts that Diasorin is the only vendor meeting all specified requirements, and they are seeking to sole source the contract. Interested parties can challenge this determination by providing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government before the response deadline.
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Special Notice Special Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| Equipment - Diasorin LIAISON MDX Service & Consumables - Ann Arbor |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 48105 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C25025Q0941 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 09-17-2025 16:30 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
| RECOVERY ACT FUNDS |
| N |
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| 6640 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 334516 |
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
Ann Arbor Healthcare System Network Contracting Office 10 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor MI 48105
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contracting Officer Kellie Konopinski Kellie.Konopinski@va.gov 734-222-4330
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement
The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, NCO 10 Contracting Activity intends to negotiate a sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2), Soliciting from a single source for the following items listed below. The associated NAICS code for this is 334516. The vendor will be Diasorin Molecular, LLC, 11331 Valley View St., Cypress, California 90630.
Description of requirements:
This is for the procurement of an automated Diasorin LIAISON MDX System which is a Real-time PCR Thermocycler, used for crucial Candida auris screening among the patient population. Candida auris is a global healthcare challenge in healthcare facilities since asymptomatic colonized patients can easily spread the yeast in hospital environments and to other patients. Due to resistance to one or more classes of antifungal drugs and ease of transmission in the healthcare setting makes it a fungal pathogen of critical importance and very high mortality rate.
Procuring one (1) standalone automated Diasorin LIAISON MDX System which is a Real-time PCR Thermocycler system, UPS (uninterrupted power supply), Printer, Toner, Parts, Service manual (technical and service manuals), Reagents, Consumable and Supplies, Preventative and Emergency Repair Maintenance agreement including non-refurbished materials, labor, transportation necessary to perform maintenance/preventative maintenance, Operator and Pathologists training, hardware and software and software updates to VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Requirements:
Faster turn around time, smaller footprint – tabletop, ability for continuous processing and not batch processing, test should be an IVD (in Vitro Diagnostic Test) and not LDT (Laboratory Developed Test), FDA approved, high sensitivity.
All the systems researched provide at least one of these characteristics, but the only instrument to provide all of them is the Diasorin LIAISON MDX Real Time PCR Thermocycler. For this reason, the recommendation is to select the Diasorin LIAISON MDX Real Time PCR Thermocycler for use.
A firm fixed price 5-year ordering period IDIQ contract is anticipated and shall be awarded. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses must be received no later than 4:30 pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
Kellie Konopinski Contracting Officer
(734) 222-4330 Kellie.Konopinski@va.gov
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