6550--FY26: Leica Bond III Reagents

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 has published a Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Leica Bond III Reagents to support the Orlando VA Healthcare System. The procurement is being conducted under 41 USC 3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, which authorizes sole source acquisitions when only one source can satisfy the government's requirements. The intended awardee is Government Scientific Source Inc., located in Reston, Virginia. This notice represents the government's formal announcement of its intention to award a contract to a single source, and interested competing vendors are being provided an opportunity to challenge the sole source justification by submitting evidence of their technical capability.

Interested contractors must submit a complete technical package to Contracting Officer Benjamin Amato at benjamin.amato@va.gov no later than March 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, demonstrating clear and convincing evidence that they can meet the government's specific requirements for Leica Bond III Reagents. The procurement falls under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, and there is no set-aside restriction on this opportunity. All submitted responses will be evaluated solely for the purposes of validating whether the sole source justification is appropriate, and the government will not provide compensation for any information submitted. This Special Notice constitutes the government's only solicitation announcement for this requirement, after which the contract award will be made to the selected source.