J065--Intent to Sole Source Maintenance for Cage Washers and Sterilizers

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Bio-Med Engineering, Inc., for maintenance services for existing, on-site cage washers and sterilizers.

This service requires a contractor who can respond immediately and be on-site within eight (8) hours performing any necessary maintenance and/or repairs with the necessary OEM parts. The research conducted by this VAMC department cannot sustain a delay or downtime if the cage washers or sterilizers break as their research system is extremely sensitive to outside organisms, diseases, bacteria, and molds. Bio-Med Engineering is the only known company close enough geographically to the Salt Lake City VAMC facility to meet the 8-hour on-site response time with a standing inventory of OEM parts to ensure they will not have to order parts once they are on-site, thereby mitigating any additional delays.

This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent service and/or product with the features described above, and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 10:00 AM, EST. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your service/product meets the requirement may be sent to Shannon Hukriede at shannon.hukriede@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.