Q301--Intent to Sole Source Siemens Chemistry & Immunochemistry Cost Per Reportable (CPRR) Testing

The Department of Veterans Affairs, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VISN 2 Downstate), intends to award a short term, interim, sole-source, firm-fixed-price FSS Delivery Order (FSS-DO) to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., FSS Contract # V797D-30175, in accordance with FAR Subpart 8.405-6. The FSS-DO will be effective July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 with five additional three-month option periods. The acquisition sought is an interim FSS-DO that will cover 3 months of reagents, consumables, supplies needed to produce a cost-per reportable result (CPRR) and for the continued usage of contractor-owned equipment currently on-site at VISN 2 New York Harbor Medical Centers. VA personnel utilize the equipment and

reagents to perform Chemistry/Special Chemistry including Drug of Abuse (DOA)

and Therapeutic Drugs Monitoring (TDM) testing. The NAICS is 334516 with a small

business size standard of 1,000 employees. The current FSS-DO with Siemens

Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. will expire on June 30, 2020. This interim FSS-DO

is required to continue to provide testing until the equipment included in the

new, long-term FSS-BPA, which was awarded in 2018, is fully implemented and

functional. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals

and no solicitation will be made available. Any responses received no later than

COB June 23, 2020 will be considered for the purposes of determining sources

for future procurements. The Government will not pay for information submitted.

Any information submitted in response to this notice of intent is strictly

voluntary. This will be the only notice of the Government's intent to solicit,

negotiate, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement.