663-19-1-019-0009 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit offers for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for the Puget Sound VA Healthcare System. This procurement will be brand name or equal to Trek ARIS, manufactured by Fisher Scientific.
The Request for Quote number is 36C26019Q0127.
The solicitation will result in the award of a single contract. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed-price contract. The applicable NAICS code is 334516, and the small business size standard is 1000 employees.
The intended contract period of performance is date of award through 12/31/2023.
Telephonic requests for the solicitation will not be honored. When issued, the solicitation will be available via the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fbo.gov/. The tentative solicitation issue date is 12/20/2018, and the anticipated closing date is 1/4/2019. Interested offerors are advised to consult the actual solicitation for final dates and times.
Offers from capable and responsible sources that are authorized by the OEM will be considered. Firms offering a response to this notice should ensure that their registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/) is current and should ensure that the applicable NAICS code (334516) is included in the SAM profile prior to submission of quotations..