6550--NOTICE OF INTENT GeneXpert & GeneXpress Test Kits

NOTICE OF INTENT

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Healthcare System, intends to

award a noncompetitive contract for Cepheid reagents used in the Cepheid GeneXpert

Infinity-80 and/or GeneXpress analyzer for the VA Palo Alto Medical Center to Cepheid, 904 Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. This announcement is for items for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-1. The above authority is cited, and justification made based on the determination that the

Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied for items available from one source.

This is the only source known that can provide this item as the analyzer is a Cepheid

machine and Cepheid is the only source that provides the reagents, and they have no

authorized resellers or distributors.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by August 12, 2021 by 12:00 PM PST by sending an e-mail to luis.gonzalez5@va.gov with the subject line Cepheid Reagents please have your firm s information, point of contact, phone and e-mail address provided. Supporting

evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with

the requirement. All interest received on or before this date will be evaluated by the

Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to

competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the

Government. Information received because of the notice of intent will normally be

considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive

procurement. No solicitation documents are available currently and telephone

requests will not be honored.