671-18-1-121-0045 Genomic Health Base +1

Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement



The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Genomic Health for the following services: Laboratory Fee Testing. The contractor s laboratory shall provide testing and can perform analysis for Oncotype Diagnosis-Breast, Oncotype Diagnosis-Colon, Oncotype Diagnosis-Prostate, Oncotype Diagnosis-MMR. These services require a CAP-certified, CLIA-accredited laboratory with the ability to perform a wide menu of genetic testing.

Place of Performance:

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Audie Murphy VA Hospital

7400 Merton Minter Blvd.

San Antonio, TX 78229-4404



Period of Performance: Base + 1 Option Year



The proposed sole source procurement is being made with Genomic Health, based on pricing in their VA National Acquisition Center (NAC) contract pricelist.



This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice; however, any offers received may be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. All responsible sources may submit a response; which, if timely received, will be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received within 10 days from the publication of this notice, a task order will be issued to Genomic Health without any further notice.



The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6 Limited Sources.



Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration by 10/23/2017 @ 0900 CST.