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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 17

5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302 San Antonio TX 78240

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Specialist Matt Lee matthew.lee5@va.gov 210-694-6337

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Special Notice – Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract/order to OMNICELL for Maintenance Service. The projected awardee is an authorized distributor and service center of OMNICELL.

Contractors shall provide:

· This shall include repair and maintenance and shall require a qualified technician to be on site. The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, supervision and expertise, to provide maintenance services for the Omnicell within El Paso Main facility, CBOCs and buildings 116/117/ Pershing Road, Fort Bliss.

· Maintenance of the Omnicell is on an as needed basis. There is no monthly, annual or semi-annual maintenance required. Because we are a 24 hour / 7 day per week operation, we are always covered for maintenance. Reference below for equipment type and the required service. Maintenance is needed outside of business hours due to equipment repairs that are unexpected.

· The Contractor is expected to respond with 24 hours of the maintenance call. No reports or documentation is required to be submitted after repairs.

UPG (SINGLE)

DEVICES

This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit an authorized distribution letter for OMNICELL services and a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, to matthew.lee5@va.gov which shall be considered by the agency.

Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract/order will be issued to Technical Building Services without any further notice.

The proposed contract actions are for services, which the government intends to negotiate with only one source. The anticipated statutory authorities permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.5.

The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a pricing agreement with OMNICELL.

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