Pentax speech cart

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
36C24626P0985
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Asheville, North Carolina 28805, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price purchase order to Veterans Health Supply Solutions (VHSS) for a PENTAX I-SCAN Imaging Enhancement Technology speech cart at Charles George VAMC; this procurement is restricted to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and responses are due by August 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

The justification rests on Pentax as the original equipment manufacturer and VHSS as the only SDVOSB Authorized Distributor for required Pentax products for government orders. The government will consider expressions of interest from alternative contractors received within three days of notice issuance (by August 22, 2026) and may elect to conduct competitive procurement if viable alternatives are identified. Interested contractors should submit capability statements and supporting data via email to Harold McQuillia (harold.mcquillia@va.gov) demonstrating their ability to provide comparable alternatives. The contracting office is located at 1100 Tunnel Road, Hampton, Virginia 23667. The procurement is classified under NAICS 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing) and PSC 6515 (Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies). Decisions regarding competitive solicitation remain at the government's sole discretion.

Notice text

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Update #2 · Latest ·

The Department of Veteran Affairs intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to VETERANS HEALTH SUPPLY SOLUTIONS (VHSS). This order will be for the PENTAX I-SCAN Imaging Enhancement Technology speech cart at the Charles George VAMC. Pentax is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of this product, and VHSS is the only SDVOSB Authorized Distributor for the required Pentax products for Government orders. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all expressions of interest received within three (3) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. Interested contractors may identify their capability to provide the requirement prescribed within this notice and should provide sufficient data for the government to determine them as a comparable alternative to the intended source. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This proposed contract action is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Expressions of interest should be sent via email to Harold McQuillia at harold.mcquillia@va.gov. PENTAX SPEECH CART

Update #1 ·

The Department of Veteran Affairs intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to VETERANS HEALTH SUPPLY SOLUTIONS (VHSS). This order will be for the PENTAX I-SCAN Imaging Enhancement Technology speech cart at the Charles George VAMC. Pentax is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of this product, and VHSS is the only SDVOSB Authorized Distributor for the required Pentax products for Government orders.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all expressions of interest received within three (3) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. Interested contractors may identify their capability to provide the requirement prescribed within this notice and should provide sufficient data for the government to determine them as a comparable alternative to the intended source. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

This proposed contract action is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Expressions of interest should be sent via email to Harold McQuillia at harold.mcquillia@va.gov.

PENTAX SPEECH CART

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36C24626P0985_1.docx DOCX document

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