6640--06 BACT/ALERT VIRTUO Blood Culture System, Consumables, and Support

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
36C24625R0012
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Visn 6- multiple sites

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6 has issued a Special Notice regarding an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) sole source contract for the BACT/ALERT VIRTUO fully automated blood culture testing system, associated consumables, training, and support services for VISN 6 laboratories. This is a Brand-Name Only requirement, as the items are specialized and only available from the original equipment manufacturer, BioMerieux Incorporated.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to inform interested parties that the Government intends to award the new IDIQ contract to BioMerieux Incorporated with an estimated effective date of November 29, 2024. This is not a request for competitive offers, and no solicitation is available. Interested parties must indicate their business size, ownership status (large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned), and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned by the November 19, 2024 response deadline. Respondents must also clearly mark any proprietary data, as the Government will not pay for any information submitted.

Notice text

2 versions

Update #2 · Latest ·

RFQ 36C24625R0012 intent to sole source is canceled in its entirety. A new intent to sole source with the correct solicitation action will be posted on or before November 22, 2024.

Update #1 ·

The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting

Office 6, Hampton VA 23667, intends to award a new Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) sole source contract to BioMerieux Incorporated (large business) for all VISN 6 laboratories for cost-per-test, BACT/ALERT VIRTUO fully automated blood culture testing system, associated consumables, training, and support services.

This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has

determined that these items are specialized and are only available from a single source without

an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of items will satisfy agency

requirements. The Government intends to award the contract with an estimated effective date of

November 29, 2024, to BioMerieux Incorporated located at 515 S Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108.

This is a Brand-Name Only requirement for the VISN 6 laboratories. BioMerieux Incorporated is the original equipment manufacturer for BACT/ALERT VIRTUO fully automated blood culture testing system, associated consumables, training, and support services BioMerieux Incorporated does not have any authorized distributors to provide the requirement.

This synopsis announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not

constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If an agency believes it is capable

of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify its interest and capability to the

contract specialist by contacting Stephanie McElmore via e-mail at stephanie.mcelmore@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. This announcement closes on November 19, 2024, at 12:00 PM EDT. Those interested agencies 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.

*Please reference RFQ 36C24625R0012 in all replies.

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