Notice of Intent to Sole Source Hologic Albany VAMC.pdf

Special No ce

No ce Type: Special No ce of Intent to Sole Source

This is a SPECIAL NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. The Department of Veteran Affairs, VISN 2 Network Contrac ng Office intends to award a sole source contract for the Samuel Stra on VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208. This proposed contract ac on is for a service in which the Government intends to award a Base Period plus four (4) Op on Periods firm fixed-price contract to Hologic Inc, 250 Campus Dr, Marlborough, Massachuse s 01752-3020 - under the authority of Federal Acquisi on Regula on (FAR) Part 6.302-1 (a)(2), only one responsible source.

Place of Performance:

Department of Veterans Affairs Samuel Stra on VA Medical Center 113 Holland Avenue Albany, NY 12208

Purpose and Objec ves:

The intent of this Special No ce is to iden fy poten al offerors capable of providing preventa ve maintenance (PM)/service and on-call emergency support for our Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3D Mammography System, and SecurView DX-1200 System in use at the Stra on VA Medical Center. The contractor will remediate all issues with the sustainment of hardware and so ware for aspects of the Dimensions 3D Mammography system including updates. The following equipment is to be covered by the terms and condi ons herein.

All repair personnel must be fully qualified, and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) cer fied in order to work on this equipment. The OEM for this equipment is Hologic, Inc. Fully qualified is based upon training and experience in the field. For training, field technicians and service representa ves must have successfully completed a formalized training program for the equipment iden fied herein.

Cer fica ons and/or training records shall be requested.

General Requirements The contractor must comply with the following general requirements:

VA EE# Equipment Description Model Serial Number

339804 Selenia Dimensions Digital Mammography System

Selenia Dimensions 3D

SDM160102012

339805 Acquisi on Worksta on 3DIMENSIONS AWS

EWS160302836

339806 Barco Mammo Tomosynthesis 5MP Diagnos c Display

K9300345B

339826 Barco Mammo Tomosynthesis 5MP Diagnos c Display

2590081187

Special No ce

a) The Contractor shall comply with Federal, State, and Local Laws, plus any Federal

Regula ons as applicable to the performance of this contract.

b) The Contractor shall not accept any instruc ons issued by any person employed by the U. S. Government, other than: the Contrac ng Officer (CO), or the Contrac ng Officers Representa ve (COR), all ac ng within the limits of their authority.

c) The Contractor shall be qualified/authorized by the Original Equipment Manufacturer

(OEM) in the repair of all equipment listed within this contract. Contractor shall maintain qualifica ons throughout en re contract period. Qualifica on includes but not limited to the cer fica on of all repair persons and repair facili es by the OEM as being trained / qualified to perform required repairs. The Government shall maintain the right to seek proof of qualifica on prior to award and any me during contract period of performance.

Response:

Responses to this Special No ce should be able to demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the service listed above. The purpose of this Special No ce announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisi on decisions and to gain knowledge of poten al qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.

Documenta on of technical exper se must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary func onal area exper se and experience to compete for this acquisi on. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

Responses should include the following informa on: Business name, address, business size and Socioeconomic Category (HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran, Small Business, Large Business, etc.), and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov) and Representa ons and Cer fica ons must be completed prior to any future award. Suppor ng evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to provide the full maintenance and repair service on equipment listed.

Determina on by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this no ce is solely within the discre on of the Government.

Important informa on: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources-sought synopsis request. This no ce shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicita on or ul mately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a par cular acquisi on approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this informa on if any solicita on is issued. No sub-contrac ng opportunity is an cipated. The North American Classifica on System (NAICS) code for this acquisi on is 811210 ($34 Million). Any offeror capable of providing this service shall no fy the Contrac ng Officer by email within 7 business days from the date of the publica on of this Special No ce. All informa on is to be submi ed via e-mail to:

michael.estep2@va.gov