B.08 Notice of Intent Endoscopy Maintenance Services.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT

The US Army Medical Command, Regional Health Contracting Office – Atlantic, Gordon Health Contracting Branch intends to award a sole source contract for the procurement of Endoscopy Maintenance Services by Wolf Medical Instruments, 353 Corporate Woods Parkway, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061 to the Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

The authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 United States Code 3204(a)(1) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-6(b) (1), “Items peculiar to one manufacturer”. An item peculiar to one manufacturer can be a particular brand name, product, or a feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer. A brand name item, whether available on one or more schedule contracts, is an item peculiar to one manufacturer.

Richard Wolf is the sole source provider for servicing/repairing all Richard Wolf endoscopy equipment located at Winn. Winn previously purchased and owns all Richard Wolf medical equipment intended to be covered under this contract. As such, Richard Wolf does not provide training to third party vendors and only recognizes itself as the sole source provider for performing services to their medical equipment. Richard Wolf does not provide training to outside sources and will void all equipment warranties if maintenance and repairs are done outside the scope of Richard Wolf services.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 Other Electric and Precision Repair and Maintenance and the size standard is $22 million.

No solicitation package will be issued. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes;

however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.

Contracting Office Address:

Department of the Army United States Army Medical Command United States Army Health Contracting Activity Gordon Health Contracting Branch 43 Central Hospital Court, Building 332 Fort Gordon, GA 30905

Point of Contact(s):

Francine Brown, Francine.brown.civ@mail.mil