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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Presolicitation Notice Blood culture system-bioMerieux 56303 36C26320Q0080 12-10-2019 N 325413 Department of Veterans Affairs

NETWORK 23 CONTRACTING OFFICE

Melanie Stockman, Contracting Officer 4801 Veterans Drive St. Cloud MN 56303 Melanie Stockman US Department of Veterans Affairs Minneapolis VA Health Care System One Veterans Drive Laboratory Minneapolis MN 55417

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melanie.stockman@va.gov Contracting Officer's email The Minneapolis VA Health Care System anticipates awarding a sole-source procurement to bioMerieux, Inc of Durham North Carolina for fully automated blood culture system at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for a base year period of 12 months along with four option years. NAICS code is 325413, size standard of 1250 employees applies to this procurement. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this proposed contract is based solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Comments regarding this announcement must be received no later than 4PM CST (local time) on December 10, 2019. Please direct all questions regarding this procurement to Melanie Stockman via email at melanie.stockman@va.gov. Justification and Approval document will be made available via FBO in accordance with FAR 6.305.

See attached document: J and A bioMerieux.