6540--Notice of Intent to Sole Source REteval ERG for the Hampton VA Medical Center Hampton VA 23667

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 6, through its Network Contracting Office 6 in Hampton, Virginia, has issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for the procurement of a RETeval Complete ERG (Electroretinography) system. The VA intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to LKC Technologies, Inc. for equipment to be used at the Hampton VA Medical Center. This procurement is being conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and FAR 13.106-1(b), which governs single source awards in federal contracting. The product falls under NAICS code 339115 (Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing) and PSC code 6540 (Ophthalmic Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies), with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.

The objective of this notice is to allow interested parties to demonstrate their capability to meet the electroretinography equipment requirement before the VA makes a final determination on whether to proceed with the sole source award or conduct a competitive procurement. Interested contractors must submit capability information via email to Contracting Officer Francine Valverde at Francine.valverde@va.gov by 11:00 AM EST on Friday, March 20, 2026, demonstrating their ability to fulfill the requirement. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. All responsible sources are eligible to submit capability statements; however, the government explicitly states this notice is not a request for competitive quotations and reserves the right to determine unilaterally whether to conduct competitive procurement based on responses received. The government will not reimburse any costs associated with preparing responses to this notice.