J066--Illumina Tecan Robots, iSCAN, Autoloader Maintenance

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to award a sole source contract to Illumina, Inc., 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122 to maintain the Illumina iScan system (Microarray Scanner, Autoloader 2, and 2 Tecan Robots) for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Arkansas. This procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13.

This VA facility has a requirement for a contractor to provide all parts, labor, tools, materials, equipment, software, transportation and supervision necessary to maintain the Illumina iScan system. Based on market research and previous acquisition history, it has been determined that Illumina, Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing all the required preventive maintenance and repair services.

This notice will be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance.

The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement, to include the documentation required by VAAR 852.212-72(c) to the attention of: James Hunt, email address: james.hunt2@va.gov, no later than Friday, April 8, 2022, at 2:00pm (Central Time). Only emailed responses will be considered. Information received will be utilized solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is at the sole discretion of the Government.