6515--Sole Source Notice with Justification -Sponge Counter (SURGICOUNT+) 36C249-23-AP-3073

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 09, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract for the product listed below to a large business, Stryker Instruments, headquarters out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The contract is expected to be awarded under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. A Sole Source Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition has been prepared. The anticipated award date is no later than 8/13/2023.The contractor will provide the product listed below to VA s Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Nashville campus.

The need to ensure patient safety during operating room (OR) procedures is paramount for TVHS.

Market research found no other vendor other than the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Stryker could meet this requirement at the level of technical quality required ad described in the sole source justification document. The following products will be procured:

PRODUCT:

Qty: 9, Stryker Brand Surgicount + with pole mounting kit units.

NAICS code: 339113, Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing

(SBA Size Standard: 800 employees)

PSC: 6515, Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement and may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation (as appropriate) that the agency shall consider within the given closing/due date of this notice.

A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this notice of intent, the Government shall determine if a solicitation will be issued. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award and must submit a current authorized distributor letter from the manufacturer.

Interested parties are encouraged to furnish information by email only with RESPONSE TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE 36C24923Q0476 in the subject line. All documents submitted will not be returned. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed above to Sascha Hertslet, contracting officer, by email at sascha.hertslet@va.gov NO LATER THAN the given closing date and time on this notice. The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective contractor's capabilities like an authorized distributor/reseller letter from their source of supply if not a manufacturer that will demonstrate the ability to support this requirement.