Notice of Intent to Sole Source Rees Temperature Monitoring Equipment and Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (VA VISN 17) has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a contract for temperature monitoring equipment and services. The notice specifically targets the procurement of Rees Temperature Monitoring System hardware, software, support, and maintenance services for the VA North Texas Healthcare System. This procurement will cover multiple VA facilities including Dallas VA Medical Center, Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center, Tyler VA Primary Care Clinic, Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic, and Garland VA Medical Center. The equipment is critical for clinical staff across departments such as Nursing, Nutrition & Food Service, Pharmacy, Research, Lab, and Sterile Processing to ensure proper storage conditions for medications, patient nutrition, lab samples, and supplies. The solicitation is structured as an 8(a) Sole Source procurement with the solicitation number 36C25725Q0617.

The primary objective of this Special Notice is to expand Z-3 Zigbee and 5-G Wi-Fi clinical temperature and humidity monitoring capabilities across VA facilities, ensuring compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) Standards. The government intends to negotiate directly with Rees Scientific Corporation using statutory authority 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), with a response deadline of June 6, 2025, at 14:00 Central Time. Eligibility is limited, as the notice indicates a sole source procurement specifically targeting Rees Scientific Corporation. The procurement will include various equipment components such as Enterprise Centron Software Version 3.0, WiFi and Zigbee wireless transmitters, temperature probes, security modules, and accessories, with quantities ranging from 1 to 116 units across different components. The VA plans to issue a contract/order within 7 days if no comparable alternative sources are identified, and the procurement will be executed through a pricing agreement with Rees Scientific Corporation.