6640--FY 24 Automated Rotary Microtomes

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
36C24824Q1581
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 (VA) Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO-8) has published a Special Notice regarding a sole source procurement for Histocut Microtomes at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The VA intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to D.M.I. Medical, Inc., the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole authorized seller of the required equipment in Puerto Rico.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to announce the VA's intent to award a single-source contract for three Histocore Autocut Automated Rotary Microtomes. The proposed contract period is 120 days after receipt of order. This is not a request for competitive quotes, but a notice of the government's plan to negotiate with a single source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Firms who can provide the required equipment and demonstrate that competition would benefit the government must submit their capabilities via email to the Contracting Specialist by September 9, 2024 at 9:00 AM EST. The Government has sole discretion in determining whether to compete this procurement based on the responses received.

Notice text

NOTICE TO INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

The VA Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO-8) intents to issue a firm-fixed price single source procurement to D.M.I. Medical,INC for a Histocut Microtomes at VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Proposed services contract/Supply is for a 120 days ARO. D.M.I. is the OEM and the only Authorized Seller of the Histocut Microtomes in Puerto Rico. The applicable NAICS code for this acquisition is 334516 with a business size standard of 1,000 Employees and PSC 6640.

The proposed contract is for items for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the Authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This is a notice of intent to award a single-source procurement action and is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation package is available. Firms who want to challenge the single source must show clear and convincing evidence of their capability to provide the supplies, and that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Those responses are to be submitted via email to Contract Specialist, Edwin R. Correa, edwin.correa1@va.gov; no later than September 9, 2024, 9:00 AM EST.

A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NCO-8 will not provide any reimbursement for any costs associated or connected with providing any capabilities information.

Any information submitted in response to this notice of intent is strictly voluntary. This will be the only notice the Government's intent to solicit, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement.

See attached document: P03 JA Sole Source D.M.I. Medical

Files

File Type Posted
36C24824Q1581.docx DOCX document
FAR 13 5 Sole Source Justification OEM SRP.pdf PDF

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