36C24E-19-AP-0160 | 662-19-3-8175-0014 | EQUIPMENT-7T MRI Knee & Head Coils San Fransisco VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Siemens Healthineers, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1; for the procurement of an 8-channel parallel transmit 32-channel receive head coil and 28-channel receive knee coil upgrade for the 7 Tesla MRI instrument. The 7.0T MRI instrument is manufactured by Siemens, and the RF coils must be compatible to this system This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office to the contracting office no later than July 1, 2019 , 4:00 PM EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government..