INTENT TO SOLE-SOURCE Fire Alarm Testing, Maintenance and Support

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO 12) Great Lakes Acquisition Center is procuring a full service contract for the testing, maintenance, and support of the SimplexGrinnell fire alarm system located at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.
The Great Lakes Acquisition Center intends to award on a sole source basis, IAW 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source, a firm fixed price contract to Simplex Grinnell, LP, 91 N. Mitchell Ct., Addison, IL 60101 as the only responsible source to provide the above items.
The authority for other than full and open competition is FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source. The applicable NAICS Code is 561621 and the size standard is $20.5M. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for quotation or a solicitation of offers. However, all quotes received within three (3) days after date of publication of this synopsis may be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement upon receipt of response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There will be no solicitation available..