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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Presolicitation Notice Rev. March 2010 Notice of Intent-FV3000 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope 56303 36C26318Q0301 02-09-2018 N 334516 Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

Contract Officer 4801 Veterans Drive St. Cloud MN 56303 Minneapolis VA Health Care System One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417

USA

andrea.harter@va.gov Contracting Officer's Email Address This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source, Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with only one source, Alliant Healthcare. to provide a FV300 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope to the Minneapolis VA Health Care System-Research Department.

This contact action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302.1.

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 meet the Government’s requirements detailed above may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, and include: the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized distributor/reseller. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information will be retained as Market Research.

All responses must be received by 10AM local time on Thursday, February 8, 2017 and must reference Request for Quote (RFQ) No. 36C26318Q0301.

Responses shall be submitted electronically to Andrea Harter via email at andrea.harter@va.gov. Fax responses and Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

See attached document: JandA redacted.