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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 KC, STL, and MA - Special Stainer 66048 36C25518Q0287 03-15-2018 N 532490 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway Leavenworth KS 66048

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Kansas City, St Louis, and Marion yvonne.kittling@va.gov Contracting Officer Presolicitation Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 intends to release a commercial solicitation for automated special stain instrumentation lease and associated bulk reagent purchase for the Kansas City, St Louis, and Marion VA Medical Centers (VAMCs). This acquisition shall be unrestricted under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 532490. The size standard is $32.5 Million.

All other details will be included in the Request for Quotes (RFQ), which will be released on March 1, 2018 with a deadline of March 15, 2018 No Later Than (NLT) 10:00 AM EST. Questions and quotes must be submitted via email referencing the solicitation number 36C25518Q0287 – KC, STL, and MA - Special Stainers in the subject line to yvonne.kittling@va.gov. Requests or questions via telephone will not be accepted.

All amendments, any other information pertaining to this solicitation, and answers to the submitted questions will be posted on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov. Vendors are encouraged to frequently check the website for additional information about this solicitation.

Vendor shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive a contract award. Vendor may access SAM at https://www.sam.gov. All Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must have a “Verified” status in the VIP database (https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/).

Point of Contact for this RFQ is Yvonne Kittling at yvonne.kittling@va.gov.

The NCO (15) address is: VA Heartland Network 15, Network Business Office, Contracting Office, 3450 S. 4th Street Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048.