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6640--Notice of Intent to Sole Source Blood Gas cobas b221 Reagent Rental Agreement
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This document is a Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, notifying interested parties of its intent to award a sole source procurement for a one-year Reagent Rental Agreement with Roche Diagnostics Corporation for the use of three contractor-owned blood gas analyzers, reagents, quality control, consumables, maintenance, and troubleshooting services at two VA medical facilities.

The requirement is for CLIN 0001, Reagent Rental Agreement for the cobas b221 blood gas analyzers, with a period of performance from November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2025. Roche Diagnostics is the sole manufacturer and service provider for the cobas b221 analyzer and associated products, which are proprietary. Interested parties must demonstrate their capability to meet the government's need by the response date of October 28, 2024, 9:00 AM Mountain Time. This is not a request for competitive quotes, and the government will make a determination on whether to compete the requirement based on the responses received.

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Special Notice Special Notice

SUBJECT*
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Blood Gas cobas b221 Reagent Rental Agreement

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
80111
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C25925Q0047
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
10-28-2024 9am MOUNTAIN TIME, DENVER, USA
ARCHIVE
30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
6640
NAICS CODE*
811210
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office

NCO 19

6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Tania Urenda tania.urenda@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL
https://www.va.gov
URL DESCRIPTION
Department of Veterans Affairs

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6(b), this Notice of Intent is to inform all parties the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 located at 6162 South Willow Drive Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 intends to award a sole source procurement for the following requirement to the large business manufacturer, Roche Diagnostics Corporation, 9115 Hague RD, Indianapolis, IN 46256:

CLIN
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
QTY
UNIT OF ISSUE
0001
Reagent Rental Agreement for cobas 221b rental, maintenance, reagents and consumables

Period of Performance: November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2025

1
Year

VISN 19 proposes to enter into a short-term firm-fixed price, one (1) year follow-on agreement for Roche Diagnostic cobas b211 Blood Gas Reagent Rental Agreement which includes use of three (3) contractor-owned blood gas analyzers, reagents, quality control (QC), consumables, maintenance, and troubleshooting for Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center and Ernest Childers VA Health Care Center until a new 5-year award can be competed. This will allow for the three to six months required for delivery, installation, and validation of new blood gas analyzers without the interruption in patient testing.

The current cobas b211 analyzers are leased from Roche Diagnostics. Roche Diagnostics is the sole manufacturer and service provider for the Roche cobas b211 Blood Gas Analyzer and associated products. The cobas b211 analyzer and associated products are proprietary to Roche Diagnostics and only available for purchase in the United Stats directly from Roche Diagnostics.

The associated North America Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 811210 and the Business Size Standard is $34 million.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than 9:00 AM Mountain Time, Monday, October 28th, 2024. Information received in response to this notice must clearly demonstrate the capability of meeting the Government’s need as stated above. Include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, etc.) confirming the ability to supply the products and/or any services outlined in this notice. Responses to this notice are to be sent to Tania.Urenda@va.gov.

A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government is not responsible for any potential costs incurred from interested parties desiring to respond to this notice.

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