6550--VISN 6 BioFire FilmArray Verification Kits.

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
36C24624Q0677
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6 has issued a Special Notice to announce its intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Biomerieux, Inc. to provide various BioFire FilmArray Verification Kits for VISN 6. The agency has determined that these services are highly specialized and only available from Biomerieux, Inc. without unacceptable delay or duplication of cost.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties of the agency's plan to award a sole source contract to Biomerieux, Inc. on October 1, 2024 for the supply of specific BioFire FilmArray Verification Kits. The required products include the Joint Infection (JI) Panel, Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel Verification Kit, Joint Infection (JI) Panel Verification Kit, Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel Verification Kit, and Pneumonia Panel (Pneumo) Verification Kit. Interested firms must respond by September 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM EST and indicate their business size, ownership status, and whether they are U.S. or foreign-owned. The government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this notice.

Notice text

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, intends to negotiate a limited source contract under FAR (FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B)), Only One Responsible Source for the supplies listed below. The vendor will be Biomerieux, Inc., 515 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108.

This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that these services are highly specialized are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date of October 1, 2024, to Biomerieux, Inc., 515 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108.

This is a Sole Source requirement to satisfy the minimum requirements for VISN 6.

Product Name

Product Number

Quantity

Joint Infection (JI) Panel

RFIT-ASY-0138

66

Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel Verification Kit

FLM1-ASY-0145

3

Joint Infection (JI) Panel Verification Kit

424181

3

Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel Verification Kit

FLM1-ASY-0130

2

Pneumonia Panel (Pneumo) Verification Kit

FLM1-ASY-0150

1

This announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If a firm believes it can meet the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer, LaToya Glover via e-mail at LaToya.Glover2@va.gov by Monday, September 23, 2024, 10:00AM (EST). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.

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