DA10--PAR excellence support service

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 has issued a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for PAR Excellence Support Service at the Salisbury VAMC in North Carolina. The VA intends to award a sole source Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order to PAR Excellence, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a one-year service contract running from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This procurement falls under NAICS code 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) with a small business size standard of $34 million. The contracting action is being conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b), which allows for soliciting from a single source. The contract officer for this procurement is Amy Balicat at the Hampton, Virginia contracting office.

The primary purpose of this notice is to inform the marketplace of the government's intent to proceed with a sole source award while providing an opportunity for other potential contractors to demonstrate their capabilities. Interested parties who believe they can meet the requirement must submit their interest and supporting evidence by 11:00 EST on September 16, 2025, exclusively via email to amy.balicat@va.gov, as telephone inquiries will not be accepted. The government emphasizes that this is not a request for competitive quotations, and any determination to proceed with competition based on responses received is entirely at the government's discretion. Contractors must provide sufficient detail in their submissions to demonstrate their ability to comply with the stated requirement, though the government will not reimburse any costs associated with preparing responses to this notification.