6630--VISN 6 Urinalysis Bridge

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 Beckman Coulter, Inc., 250 S. Kraemer Blvd. P.O. Box 8000 Brea, CA 92822-8000.

This is not a request for competitive offers. 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 a VISN 6 Urinalysis Bridge contract to Beckman Coulter, Inc., 250 S. Kraemer Blvd. P.O. Box 8000 Brea, CA 92822-8000.

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

VISN 6 Laboratories are seeking a bridge contract to continue current Cost per Test services for urinalysis testing with Beckman Coulter, Inc for a base period of three months with one 3-month option period. The bridge will apply to instrumentation currently installed in the following VISN 6 facilities listed below; additional VA sites of care may not be added during the performance of this bridge contract:

VAMC Asheville, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805

VAMC Durham, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705

VAMC Fayetteville, 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301

VAMC Hampton, 100 Emancipation Drive, Hampton, VA 23667

VAMC Richmond (Hunter Holmes McGuire), 1201 Broad Rock Blvd., Richmond, VA 23249

VAMC Salem, 1970 Roanoke Boulevard, Salem, VA 24153

VAMC Salisbury (W. G. Bill Hefner), 1601 Brenner Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28144

HCC Charlotte, 3506 West Tyvola Road, Charlotte, NC 28208

HCC Fayetteville, 7300 South Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303

HCC Greenville, 406 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27858

HCC Kernersville, 1694 Kernersville Medical Pkwy, Kernersville, NC 27284

HCC Wilmington, 1705 Gardner Road, Wilmington, NC 28405

This announcement is being issued for information purposes only. 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 Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 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.