6640--Intent to Sole Source Hatteras Instrument MMC100 Metabolic Cages and CCS1000 Chiller Bench Top System

The Department of Veterans Affairs, James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJP VAMC) Research Service intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Hatteras Instrument Inc. for Hatteras Instruments MMC100 Metabolic Cages and CCS1000 Chiller Bench Top System, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. Investigators at the JJP VAMC are conducting research studies on the effects of drug therapies and renal function studies that require a metabolic cages and benchtop chiller system to collect wildtype and knockout urine samples. Hatteras MMC100 metabolic cages are unique in that the cage design is smaller leading to less urine evaporation and urine loss, and the investigator is able to collect the urine specimen that is necessary for these studies. Hatteras Instrument is the manufacturer and the only known distributor of Hatteras Instruments MMC100 Metabolic Cages and CCS1000 Chiller Bench Top System.

This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent product with the features described above, and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Friday, September 16, 2022, 3:00 PM, EDT. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your product meets the requirement may be sent to Shannon Hukriede at shannon.hukriede@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.