6550--Diasorin reagents, VISN 1 (VA-21-00017560) Notice of intent to Sole Source Diasorin Test Kits Respond by 11/24//20 3:00 P. M.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 published a Special Notice of intent to sole source Diasorin Molecular for COVID-19 testing kits. The notice establishes a requirement for weekly deliveries of Diasorin SIMPLEX COVID-19 DIRECT test kits and periodic positive controls to 17 Diasorin 3m cyclers located across five VA medical centers in VISN 1 to increase COVID-19 testing capacity by over 30,000 tests per week.

The Special Notice seeks to procure 5,304 Diasorin SIMPLEX COVID-19 DIRECT test kits to be delivered weekly over 39 weeks to the medical centers, along with 478 Diasorin SIMPLEX COVID-19 POSITIVE CONTROL kits to be delivered bi-weekly. As Diasorin is the proprietary manufacturer of the test kits and controls exclusively compatible with the agency's Diasorin 3m cyclers, this represents a non-competitive sole source procurement. The contracting office will coordinate delivery to the various medical center locations, and the notice established a response deadline of November 24, 2020 for the sole source procurement of the COVID-19 testing reagents and controls.