6640--GEO MX gene panels

SPECIAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

GEO MX GENE PANELS

The Department of Veterans Affairs Cleveland Medical Center (CLE VAMC), 10701 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i) - Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The NAICS code is 334510 with a small business size standard of 1,250. The VA intends to solicit and negotiate with NanoString Technologies, 530 Fairview Avenue North, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98109, for Geo MX Gene Panels.

These reagents are curated by NanoString, so they are the only company that makes these specific panels and reagent for our needs. These reagents are one for the detection of associated neuroinflammatory markers and are used to identify and count the number of detected markers in a homogenized sample of tissue. The spatial proteomics panels will be used to detect the upregulation of genes associated with neuroinflammation on a slide of tissue. These reagents will only work on NanoString equipment and there for can only be purchased from NanoString.

Attached, please find the following:

Authorized distributor letter

Brochure

Salient characteristics

Specification sheet

Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Monday, May 22, 2023, at 5PM EST. Such capabilities information will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis.  All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation is available at this time. All inquiries must be submitted by email to Rachelle Hamer at rachelle.hamer@va.gov.

Enter RFQ 36C25023Q0697| Geo MX Gene Panels in the email subject line.