Department of Veteran Affairs Kansas City VA Replace Bronchoscopy System

The Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, VISN 15 Network Contracting Office (NCO 15), on behalf of the Kansas City VAMC, plans to contract by means of other than full and open competition under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) for the replacement of a Bronchoscopy System. The government intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract for this requirement. The NAICS Code is 339113 and the classification code is 6515. The suggested Vendor is Alliant Enterprises LLC, Grand Rapids, MI., an authorized distributor of Olympus Medical Equipment. This specific product was chosen to ensure compatibility as the current scopes that are being leased through a mandatory Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) leasing agreement with Olympus America Inc. which is in the 2nd of a 5 year agreement.



This is not a request for competitive quotes. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit capability packages along with an Authorized Distributor letter from Olympus no later than (NLT) April 26th 2017, by 2:00 pm CDT by email to: larry.zaritz@va.gov. Response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Determination not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.



This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.