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This document is a Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15, announcing their intent to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to ConMed Corp. for Airseal Preventative Maintenance Service. The equipment is critical for surgical services at the VA Medical Center, and the VA's market research confirmed that ConMed is the only vendor that supplies the required parts. The services will be procured using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR 13.106-1(b), with an anticipated award date of April 1, 2024. The prices have been determined fair and reasonable based on an Independent Government Cost Estimate and historical pricing. The NAICS code is 811210 - Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a size standard of $34.0 million. While this is not a request for quotes, the VA will consider capability statements from responsible sources, which must be submitted by 8:00 AM CDT on April 1, 2024, to the Contracting Specialist.

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Special Notice Special Notice

SUBJECT*
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE ConMed Airseal Service STL

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
66048
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C25524Q0178
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
04-01-2024 8:00AM CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA
ARCHIVE
30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
J065
NAICS CODE*
811210
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15 3450 S 4th Street Trafficway

Leavenworth KS 66048

POINT OF CONTACT*

TIM FITZGERALD

TIMOTHY.FITZGERALD@VA.GOV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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DESCRIPTION

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 15, intends to solicit and award a sole source, firm fixed price contract with one Large Business (LB) source, ConMed Corp. This acquisition is to ensure the continuous reliability of the ConMed Airseal systems and ancillary equipment.

The equipment is critical for surgical services at the VA Medical Center and the reliable and accurate operation of the equipment at all times is considered critical to the health of patients. Market research confirmed that no other vendor, other than ConMed, supplies the parts included in this acquisition. The Veterans Health Administration prohibits the use of gray market items. Gray market items are considered to be items outside of the original equipment manufacturer’s intended distribution channels.

Services Required:

Item No.
Description
Quantity
Unit of Measure
0001
Airseal Preventative Maintenance Service
12
Mo
1001
Airseal Preventative Maintenance Service
12
Mo
2001
Airseal Preventative Maintenance Service
12
Mo
3001
Airseal Preventative Maintenance Service
12
Mo

This purchase will be made under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as authorized by and in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). The anticipated award date is 1 April 2024.

The prices offered for this acquisition have been determined to be fair and reasonable after a comparison of both the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) and historical pricing.

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 811210 – Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair Maintenance and the size standard is $34.0 million.

This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for quotes; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the Government. All capability statements must be received no later than 8:00 AM CDT on Monday, April 01, 2024. Responses are to be submitted to Tim Fitzgerald, Contracting Specialist at timothy.fitzgerald@va.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government and supporting Contracting Officer.

See attached document: JA_Redacted.

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