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Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Roche Diagnostics Corporation for service and maintenance of the following Items:

The Department of Veterans Affairs Central Texas VA Healthcare System in Waco, Texas, intends to award a firm-fixed price service contract, to furnish and install all materials, parts, equipment, and tools for the Roche Cobas® 6800 system at the Doris Miller VA Medical Center, 4800 Memorial Drive, Waco, TX 76711. Also included shall be:

Maintenance and Support for Molecular and Viral Load Testing

Basic and Advanced operator training.

TASKS, DELIVERABLES/SUPPLIES

Contractor shall provide the following deliverables annually during the contract:

ITEM NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

QUANTITY

Cobas 6800 system reagent rental

1

Classic service agreement

1

Basic or Advanced operator training slot

1

9343733190

Cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test kit (480 Tests)

41

7460066190

Cobas CT/NG test kit (480 Tests) IVD

52

7460155190

Cobas HPV Test kit (480 Test) IVD

22

6998798190

Cobas HCV Test kit (96 Tests) IVD

38

6998836190

Cobas HIV Test kit (96 Tests) IVD

17

7000979190

Cobas HBV Test kit (96 Tests) IVD

7

7460082190

Cobas CT/NG RMC IVD

16

9175440190

Cobas SARS-CoV-2 RMC IVD

13

7002238190

Cobas Buffer Negative RMC IVD

59

7460171190

Cobas HPV RMC IVD

30

7002220190

Cobas NHP Neg RMC IVD

4

6998887190

Cobas HBV/HCV/HIV-1 Control US-IVD

8

7958021190

PCR Meida Dual Swab 100 PKT IVD

80

7958030190

Cobas PCR Media Uni Swap 100 PKT IVD

80

5170486190

Cobas PCR Urine 100 PKT IVD

80

6997503190

Wash IVD

246

6997511190

Spec Dil Reagent IVD

62

5534971001

Omni Amplification Plate

32

5534907001

Omni Processing late

63

5534925001

Omni Pipette tips

126

6997546190

MGP IVD

128

6997538190

Lys Reagent IVD

62

8030073001

Solid Waste Bags

4

Period of Performance for one year: Plus (4) one-year options.

The proposed sole source procurement will be made by an open market pricing agreement with Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC).

Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC) hereby confirms that the Roche Tissue Diagnostics (RTD) products are proprietary to Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC) and only available for purchase in the United States directly from RDC. In addition, RDC is the only company able to provide service for these instruments.

This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 10 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to RDC.

The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. Do NOT respond in the Interested Vendors List . The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration.