Notice of Intent to Sole Source 36C24922Q0507 FINAL.pdf

Presolicitation Notice

*=Required Field Presolicitation Notice

SUBJECT* 36C249-22-AP-3594 TVHS Pharmacy Germfree BSC Veteran Scientific LLC

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 37129

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24922Q0507

RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 07-20-2022 4:00 PM CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO,

USA

ARCHIVE 60 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

SET-ASIDE N/A

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 6515

NAICS CODE* 339113

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Department of Veterans Affairs

Nashville VA Medical Center

Attn: Nichole Bailey

1310 24th Ave S

Nashville Tennessee

POSTAL CODE 37212

COUNTRY United States

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 9 (90C)

NCO 9

1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400

Murfreesboro TN 37129

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer

Brian Buffett brian.buffett@va.gov

615-225-5802

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL https://www.va.gov/tennessee-valley-health-care/locations

URL DESCRIPTION Nashville VA Medical Center

Subject: SPECIAL NOTICE 36C24922Q0507

Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 9, intends to issue a Firm Fixed Priced contract under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. Award is anticipated to occur on or about July 22nd, 2022, to Veteran Scientific, LLC. The period of performance will be for sixty calendar days after issuance of the notice to proceed.

This requirement includes the purchase of Class II, Type A2 Laminar Flow Biological Safety Cabinets for the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The biological safety cabinets will be utilized by pharmacy staff to complete the implementation of the IV workflow at the facility. Additionally, the biological safety cabinets are capable of continuously bathing a work area with positive pressure ISO 5 / Class 100 HEPA filtered air to protect product from contamination. Lastly, The cabinets are compliant with USP 797, USP 800 and validated to the CETA CAG-003-2006 performance standards. Contractor will be responsible for the delivery of the Biological safety cabinets to the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in a timely manner.

NCO 9 intends to non-competitively award this requirement to Veteran Scientific, LLC. since the brand of biological safety cabinets is most capable of ensuring that IV workflow activities can continue without interruption at the facility. The Biological safety cabinets previously obtained from Veteran Scientific, LLC. has provided the facility with the capacity to sufficiently support IV workflow activities in a pharmaceutical setting. As a result, any contractor other than Veteran Scientific, LLC. that would provide biological safety cabinets to the facility would unintentionally cause a delay in IV workflow activities.

Unnecessary delays cannot be endured.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 339113 with the size standard of 750. The applicable Product Service Code is 6515. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. However, all responsible Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Service- Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses may submit an offer and technical capabilities/narrative that proves by clear and convincing evidence that similar biological safety cabinets are available that will provide comparable IV workflow capabilities for the facility. If said OFFER and technical capabilities/narrative is received within five calendar days of publication of this notice, the narrative will be considered by NCO 9. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown below. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will generally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Contracting Office Address: Government Point of Contact:

Department of Veterans Affairs Brian Buffett, Contracting Officer Network Contracting Office 9 brian.buffett@va.gov 1639 Medical Center Parkway, 400 Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Telephone: (615)-225-5802