J066--Notice of Intent to Sole Source GeneXpert Equipment PM

Under Statutory Authority 41 U.S.C. 1901 the Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Cepheid for their Infinity 48S-16 Service Agreement and PM as a responsible source to provide the above service. Cepheid is the only vendor with authorization to provide service for the above-mentioned equipment, and there are no authorized service companies outside of Cepheid.

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901 Simplified acquisition procedures as implemented in FAR 13.106-3(b)(3)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This will be a firm fixed price contract for base year plus (4) four option years. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 811210.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as references from other customers who are using these products and service to the Contract Specialist, Richard Ruffin, by 15:00 Local Time (CST) on May 10, 2023. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Cepheid.

Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Richard Ruffin at richard.ruffin@va.gov. TELEPHONIC INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.