J065--WaveMark Maintenance and Support Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, has published a Special Notice regarding maintenance and support services for WaveMark smart cabinetry systems at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The notice announces the agency's intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Wavemark Solutions of Dublin, Ohio, citing FAR 6.302.1 provisions that only one responsible source exists to satisfy the agency's requirements. The contract falls under NAICS code 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance) with a small business size standard of $34 million. The WaveMark systems are used to track supply usage in support of the medical center's Logistics Department. This is not a competitive solicitation but rather a notification of the government's intention to proceed with sole source procurement.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide transparency regarding the government's planned sole source acquisition while allowing potential competitors to respond if they can demonstrate that competition would be advantageous to the government. The contract period spans five years total, beginning September 27, 2024 through September 26, 2025, with four additional one-year option periods. Responses challenging the sole source determination must be received by 9:00 AM on May 30, 2024, and must be emailed to Janel.Tate-Montgomery@va.gov. Any responses must provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would benefit the government, as the determination not to compete remains at the government's discretion. No telephone inquiries will be accepted, and no solicitation package is available since this is not a request for competitive proposals.