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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) Room 315, Bldg. 2 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd Bay Pines FL 33744

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Patara McDonald patara.mcdonald@va.gov 727-398-6661 ext. 10554

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Notice Type: Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source

This is a SPECIAL NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), VISN 8 Network Contracting Office, Bay Pines VA Health Care System (BPVAHCS), 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd, Bay Pines, Florida 33744, intends to award a sole source Task Order under 36C248-22-N-0233 to Jewish National Health, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver Colorado 80206. This proposed contract action is to provide Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) susceptibility testing. This procedure requires the services of an outside reference laboratory to provide critical analysis in the determination of the course of a patient’s antibiotic therapy. The period of performance will be for one (1) base and four (4) option years.

Response:

Responses to this Special Notice should be able to demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the service listed above. The purpose of this Special Notice announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential 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 above. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Responses should include the following information: 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 (www.sam.com) and Representations and Certifications must be completed prior to any future award.

Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this Special Notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 621512 – Diagnostic Imaging with a size standard of $16.5M.

Any offeror capable of providing this service shall notify the Contracting Officer by email. All information is to be submitted no later than 4:00 PM EST, December 23, 2021 to patara.mcdonald@va.gov. and annette.whitfield@va.gov.

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