6640--Equipment - Diasorin LIAISON MDX Service & Consumables - Ann Arbor
Closed Special Notice Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 36C25025Q0941
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 10
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to negotiate a sole source contract for a Diasorin LIAISON MDX System under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The procurement is specifically for an automated Real-time PCR Thermocycler system to be used for critical Candida auris screening among the patient population. The VA intends to award this contract exclusively to Diasorin Molecular, LLC of Cypress, California, citing that only this vendor can meet all specified requirements. The notice falls under NAICS code 334516 for Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and covers laboratory equipment and supplies. This represents a firm fixed-price 5-year IDIQ contract that includes not only the equipment but also comprehensive support services, consumables, and training.
The primary objective of this procurement is to address the serious healthcare challenge posed by Candida auris, a highly resistant fungal pathogen with high mortality rates that can easily spread in hospital environments through asymptomatic patients. The VA requires a system with specific capabilities including faster turnaround time, small tabletop footprint, continuous rather than batch processing, FDA approval as an In Vitro Diagnostic Test, and high sensitivity. Interested parties have until September 17, 2025, at 4:30 PM Eastern Time to respond if they wish to challenge the sole source determination. The comprehensive package includes the standalone system, UPS, printer, toner, parts, service manuals, reagents, consumables, preventative and emergency repair maintenance, operator and pathologist training, and software updates. Contractors can only participate by demonstrating that competition would be advantageous to the government and providing evidence that they can meet all the stringent technical requirements before the deadline.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement
The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, NCO 10 Contracting Activity intends to negotiate a sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(2), Soliciting from a single source for the following items listed below. The associated NAICS code for this is 334516. The vendor will be Diasorin Molecular, LLC, 11331 Valley View St., Cypress, California 90630.
Description of requirements:
This is for the procurement of an automated Diasorin LIAISON MDX System which is a Real-time PCR Thermocycler, used for crucial Candida auris screening among the patient population. Candida auris is a global healthcare challenge in healthcare facilities since asymptomatic colonized patients can easily spread the yeast in hospital environments and to other patients. Due to resistance to one or more classes of antifungal drugs and ease of transmission in the healthcare setting makes it a fungal pathogen of critical importance and very high mortality rate.
Procuring one (1) standalone automated Diasorin LIAISON MDX System which is a
Real-time PCR Thermocycler system, UPS (uninterrupted power supply), Printer, Toner, Parts, Service manual (technical and service manuals), Reagents, Consumable and Supplies, Preventative and Emergency Repair Maintenance agreement including non-refurbished materials, labor, transportation necessary to perform maintenance/preventative maintenance, Operator and Pathologists training, hardware and software and software updates to VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Requirements:
Faster turn around time, smaller footprint tabletop, ability for continuous processing and not batch processing, test should be an IVD (in Vitro Diagnostic Test) and not LDT (Laboratory Developed Test), FDA approved, high sensitivity.
All the systems researched provide at least one of these characteristics, but the only instrument to provide all of them is the Diasorin LIAISON MDX Real Time PCR Thermocycler. For this reason, the recommendation is to select the Diasorin LIAISON MDX Real Time PCR Thermocycler for use.
A firm fixed price 5-year ordering period IDIQ contract is anticipated and shall be awarded. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Responses must be received no later than 4:30 pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
Kellie Konopinski
Contracting Officer
(734) 222-4330
Kellie.Konopinski@va.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C25025Q0941.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 6640--Supplies - Diasorin Service & Consumables - Ann Arbor | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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