Intent to Sole Source: GE Lunar iDXA Comprehensive Service Agreement

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Bronx VA Medical Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Alpha Source for a comprehensive service agreement contract on nine (9) GE Lunar iDXA scanners that are located at various VA facilities. GE Healthcare (the manufacturer of these units) has entered into an agreement with Alpha Source, Inc. granting them the sole service provider for their bone mineral densitometry products in the United States. They are the only vendor to service these units with OEM parts. See attached memo from GE Healthcare. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than July 10th, 2018, 4:00, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government..