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This presolicitation notice seeks responses for a five-year requirements contract for BioFire FilmArray Torch Systems, reagents, and verification panels. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit from a single source, BioFire Diagnostics, LLC, to supply these products and services for blood culture identification, joint infection diagnosis, and testing for meningitis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal infections at VA medical centers across Veterans Integrated Service Network 15. Interested parties may identify their capability to meet these requirements by August 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM Central Time. The base period of performance is October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 with four optional one-year extensions. This is not a request for competitive quotes but an opportunity for interested parties to demonstrate their ability to satisfy the requirements, which include providing PCR instrumentation, maintenance, and reagents for disease diagnoses.
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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice
| SUBJECT* |
| BIOFIRE, KC, 589-23-3-1598-0033, 36C25521A0001 (VA-23-00068218) |
GENERAL INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* |
| 66048 |
| SOLICITATION NUMBER* |
| 36C25523R0124 |
| RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE |
| 08-28-2023 10:00 CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA |
| ARCHIVE |
| 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE |
SET-ASIDE
| PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* |
| 6640 |
| NAICS CODE* |
| 334516 |
| PLACE OF PERFORMANCE |
| VISN 15 VA Medical Centers |
Columbia, Kansas City, Leavenworth, Marion IL, Poplar Bluff, St. Louis, Topeka, Wichita
POSTAL CODE
COUNTRY
CONTACT INFORMATION
| CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway
Leavenworth KS 66048
POINT OF CONTACT*
Contract Specialist Robert Bleichner robert.bleichner@va.gov 913-758-9920
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| AGENCY’S URL |
| https://www.va.gov/find-locations |
| URL DESCRIPTION |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
| AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS |
| robert.bleichner@va.gov |
| EMAIL DESCRIPTION |
| Contract Specialist |
DESCRIPTION
The Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to solicit from a single source IAW 41 USC §3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 to enter into five-year requirements contract for the BioFire FilmArray Torch System and its Reagents and Verification panels.
Period of performance: 12 months base and four 12 months option periods.
Base: 10/01/2023-09/30/2024 Option Year 1: 10/01/2024-09/30/2025 Option Year 2: 10/01/2025-09/30/2026 Option Year 3: 10/01/2026-09/30/2027 Option Year 4: 10/01/2027-09/30/2028
Basic description of the requirement: The VA is currently seeking requirements contract for PCR instrumentation, maintenance service and reagents for the diagnoses of Blood culture.
(BCID), Joint Infection (JI), Meningitis/Encephalitis, Pneumonia, Respiratory (RP) and Gastrointestinal (GI) infections. This will also include the Verification Panels appropriate. The government has determined the Biofire FilmArray Torch System as the only FDA approved system that can meet our requirement. This will be a firm-fixed price requirements contract directly to the manufacturer.
The NAICS code for this requirement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing Intended Source:
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC 515 Colorow Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
UEI: TBBNREFT3LD3
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Aug 28, 2023, at 10:00AM Central Standard Time (CST).
The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses from responsible sources will be considered. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award.
Interested parties are encouraged to furnish information by email only with RESPONSE TO INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE –BIOFIRE TORCH CONTRACT in the subject line. All documents submitted, will not be returned. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed above to Contract Specialist Robert Bleichner at robert.bleichner@va.gov. The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective contractor's capabilities and experience that will demonstrate the ability to support these requirements.
See attached document: Biofire Torch SSJ signed_Redacted.
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