AN31--Institutional Biosafety Committee Pre-Solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source

Pre-Solicitation Notice for notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract for a 12-month base and (4) annual option years with Stanford University Administrative Panel on Biosafety (APB), 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 to obtain an institutional biosafety committee (IBC), for the VA Palo Alto Medical Center. Due to the affiliate relationship with VA Palo Alto Medical Center, as well as their specialized expertise reviewing and approving research projects related to research that falls under the scope of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. Stanford s APB is the authority having jurisdiction for the VA Palo Alto Medical Center to adhere to VHA Directive 1200.08 requirements for IBC representation. The biosafety and security experts at Stanford s APB have academic training, doctorate degrees in biosafety and security, and real-world experience, reviewing hundreds of research projects a month.

Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to FedBizOps (FBO). The applicable NAICS code is 541690 with a $15 MIL size standard. The PSC is AN31. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at annmarie.stewart@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.