J065--Full Service Contract for Two Impella units

This market research notice is being conducted by Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 VHA Regional Procurement Office-West (RPOW) 124 E. Hwy 67 Suite 100 Duncanville Texas 75134 for the procurement of a Preventive and Corrective Maintenance as required for Abiomed Impella Devices. The VA intends to issue a sole source contract to Abiomed 22 Cherry Hill Danvers, MA 01923.

Project Description: Vendor must complete preventative maintenance per guidance of the Original Equipment Manufacturer s manual and have all necessary tools and equipment to do so.

Vendor must provide new loaner equipment of same make/model when original purchase is having corrective maintenance to prevent excessive equipment downtime.

Vendor must complete all required preventative maintenance service between July 1 through July 31 of the contract year in order to remain in compliance with hospital policies. If vendor can not meet the date requirements, loaner equipment of the same make/model shall be provided to the facility on or before July 31st until service is completed with original unit.

Vendor must provide all materials required to ship equipment to vendor facility all preventative and corrective maintenance completion. If vendor must come on-site for preventative or corrective maintenance, this shall be communicated with the CO, and a time will be coordinated with the COR for the vendor to come on-site.

If this is an item your business can provide, please respond to this Sources Sought Notice by 1:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, 11 September 2025.

The intent of this notice is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following:

Send responses to Frank Mendoza at francisco.mendoza@va.gov and Michelle Cunningham at michelle.cunningham@va.gov.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 17 will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses will be considered. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this notice of intent, the Government shall determine if a solicitation will be issued. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award. Also, prospective contractor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the proposed equipment/system such that OEM warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. Interested parties are encouraged to furnish information by email only with Response to this Intent to Sole Source this acquisition. All documents submitted will not be returned. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirement.

DISCLAIMER: This notice is issued informational purposes pursuant to FAR 5.201. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract.