J065--digital pathology service

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 has published a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source on February 4, 2026, for a maintenance and repair services contract. The VA Network Contracting Office 6, located in Hampton, Virginia, intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract exclusively to Philips North America, LLC for services at the Salisbury VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. The contract covers 12 months of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair services for specialized Philips medical equipment, specifically the SG300, IMS, Test IMS, and V bonze equipment. The requirement is classified under NAICS code 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a $34 million small business size standard. This sole source procurement is authorized under FAR 12.201-2, which permits solicitation from a single source.

The objective of this Special Notice is to inform responsible sources of the VA's intent to award to Philips North America, LLC, while allowing other capable contractors to demonstrate their ability to meet the requirement by the February 16, 2026 deadline at 8:00 A.M. EST. Interested contractors must submit detailed supporting evidence of their capability via email to Maurice Anderson, Contract Specialist, at maurice.anderson1@va.gov, with telephone inquiries explicitly prohibited. There are no specific eligibility restrictions beyond demonstrating the ability to perform the required maintenance and repair services for the specified equipment; however, contractors must understand that responses will be evaluated solely to determine whether the Government should pursue competitive procurement rather than the proposed sole source award. The Government reserves discretionary authority to proceed with either a competitive procurement or the sole source contract and will not reimburse any costs associated with preparing responses to this notice.