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GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Veterans Affairs VISN17 Network Contracting Activity 5441 Babcock Rd, STE 302 (10N17/90C) San Antonio TX 78229

POINT OF CONTACT*

Senior Contract Specialist Jose Campa Jose.Campa@va.gov

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, for the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VATVCBHCS) medical facilities; main lab offices which are located at 2601 Veterans Drive, Harlingen, TX 78550, intends to issue a sole source award to Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc., 2000 Holiday Drive, Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

This procurement action requires contractor to provide Remote Automated Laboratory Systems (RALS) software technology Services for VATVCBHCS in accordance with the Statement of Work.

The VA intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(2)(i). The VA anticipates awarding contract on or near April 17, 2025. The projected period of performance will be from April 17, 2025, through April 16, 2026. (Base + 4).

This notice of intent to award a sole 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: SAM UEI Number, and the Taxpayer Identification Number, along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized distributor/reseller. 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 certified in the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) located at Veteran Small Business Certification 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 sole source contract will be awarded to Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc., 2000 Holiday Drive, Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22901 without any further notice.

Contract Specialist does not have access to the Contract Opportunities Interested Vendor List and therefore any and all interested parties must submit information to me and only me at email below. Responses shall be submitted to jose.campa@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM, CST, Thursday, February 6, 2025. Fax or telephone calls will not be accepted.

See attached document: Statement of Work-RALS.

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