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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 Medical Supplies for VERAN Navigation Bronchoscopy System 71306-9004 36C25618Q0537 N 339112

ALEXANDRIA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 16

ALEXANDRIA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

PO BOX 69004

ALEXANDRIA LA 71306-9004

arlene.blade@va.gov Contracting Officer NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. The Department of Veteran Affairs, Network Contracting Office 16, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, LA intends to enter into a sole source Firm-Fixed Price purchase order with Alliant Healthcare for Veran Brand consumables for use with the Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy System in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)(B) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source IAW 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(5) FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or Required by Statute VAAR 819.7007 Sole Source Awards to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Concerns.

This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that the required consumables are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other supplies will satisfy the agency’s requirement. The Government intends to award a purchase order with an effective date of 17 April 2018 to Alliant Healthcare Products, 333 Bridge Street NW, Suite 1125, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504-5367; Cage Code 3Y2R6.

The requested Veran consumable are single patient use biopsy forceps, cytology brushes, TBNA needles, catheters and patient tracking pads that are used specifically with the Veran system for lung nodule and lung mass biopsies, i.e. Lung Cancer diagnosis. These consumables are specific to the Veran Medical Electro-Magnetic Navigational (EMN) Bronchoscopy System. Veran is the sole manufacturer of the needed items.

This notice of intent does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals, and there is no solicitation available. The NAICS code for this requirement is 339112; the business size standard is 1000 employees. If a firm believes it is can meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify its interest and capability to the Contracting Officer within five (5) calendar days of this publication by contacting Arlene A. Blade via e-mail at arlene.blade@va.gov. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, HubZone, SDVOSB, VOSB, 8(a) or woman owned businesses and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Oral submissions of information are not acceptable and will not be accepted in response to this notice. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This notice shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.

Responses shall be submitted to Arlene A. Blade at arlene.blade@va.gov. The email subject line shall state, “Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks- Sole Source Award – 36C25618Q0537”. 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.