Preventative maintenance for 80C Nitrostore System Cryogenics Biorepository Unit Boston VA Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Brooks Automation Inc., pursuant to FAR 6.302-1; for the maintenance and service of its Cryogenics Biorepository Unit located at the Jamaica Plain campus of the Boston Healthcare System, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC) Core Laboratory. This unit processes and stores specimens for clinical trials run by the VA Cooperative Studies Program and has over a half million vials of Veteran specimens. The VA currently has a contract for these services with Brooks Automation Inc. and this contract will be to continue these services. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Thursday, October 27, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@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.