36C25627Q0048.docx

This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for an instrument rental and service agreement. The Alexandria VA Medical Center (AVAMC) in Pineville, Louisiana, along with five associated Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located in Lafayette, Lake Charles, Jennings, Natchitoches, and Fort Polk, Louisiana, intends to negotiate a sole source, firm-fixed priced contract with Cepheid, a large business headquartered at 904 East Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1189. Cepheid is the original equipment manufacturer of the required instruments and will provide an instrument rental and service agreement for a three-year period consisting of one base year and two option years (36 months total). The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 is the procuring agency.

Interested parties must submit responses by the closing date and time specified in the announcement. The solicitation number is 36C25627Q0048, classified as a Special Notice opportunity type. All prospective contractors should review the attached documents, including the Statement of Work (SOW), which details the specific instruments required for use at the primary facility and its associated CBOCs. This sole source procurement justifies the single-source award to Cepheid based on its status as the original equipment manufacturer of the specialized equipment needed for the VA Medical Center's operations.