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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 J Centurion Vision System Service Agreement 78550 36C25720Q0077 N 811219 Department of Veterans Affairs VISN17 Network Contracting Activity 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. (10N17/90C) San Antonio TX 78229 Jose Campa Contract Specialist jose.campa@va.gov Special Notice – Notice of Intent to Award a Single Source Procurement

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, for the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend (VCB) Health Care System in Harlingen, Texas 78550, intends to issue a single source award to Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 S. Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134.

The procurement action requires the contractor to provide a service maintenance agreement for annual comprehensive and preventative maintenance on two Alcon Centurion units located at the VCB Medical Center, Harlingen, TX in accordance with the specifications of the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

The VA intends to solicit and negotiate a single source contract under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The VA anticipates awarding a contract on or about January 1, 2020. The projected period of performance for base year will be from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, with four 12-month option periods.

The NAICS Code for this procurement is 811219 – “Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance” which has a Small Business Size Standard of $22M. This notice of intent to award a single source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207 (c) (16) (ii), all responsible sources that feel they can fulfill this requirement may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the VA. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, and include: Dun & Bradstreet Number, and the Taxpayer Identification Number, along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized service provider of the equipment listed. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov. Interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be listed as verified on the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database located at www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ in order to receive contract awards under the Veterans First Contracting Program. A determination by the VA not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the VA. In addition, the information received because of this notice of intent will be retained as market research only. If no affirmative written response is received by the response date and time, a single source contract will be awarded to Alcon Laboratories, Inc., 6201 S. Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76134 without any further notice.

Contract Specialist does not have access to the FBO Interested Vendor List; therefore all interested parties must submit information directly to Jose.campa@va.gov no later than November 15, 2019 by 2:00 P.M., CST. Please ensure that emails include solicitation number 36C25720Q0077 in the subject line.

See attached document: P01 - Original Statement of Work - Rev.1.