R425--Notice of Intent Sole Source University of Colorado-Denver RESEARCH - LABS - LIBRARY QUANTIFICATION
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C25925Q0610
- Agency
-
Veterans Integrated Service Network 19
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, has issued a Special Notice of Intent for a sole source procurement to the University of Colorado-Denver. This notice pertains to library quantification and 16S amplicon sequencing services, with quantities of 1,000 units each, under solicitation number 36C25925Q0610. The procurement falls under NAICS code 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services) with a business size standard of $19 million. The contracting agency intends to award this contract to ACME, a service center within the University of Colorado-Denver, without competition. The notice serves as advance notification to the contracting community of the government's intent to proceed with this sole source award.
The primary objective of this procurement is to support the Rocky Mountain MIRECC's ongoing veteran-specific research by maintaining continuity with their existing sequencing provider. The government justifies the sole source approach based on ACME's three-year history of providing 16S rRNA sequencing services using Illumina MiSeq equipment, which is essential for comparing results from 6,000 previously analyzed samples. Interested parties have until 4:00 PM Mountain Time on July 25, 2025, to submit capability statements to Lindsey.Zwaagstra@va.gov demonstrating their ability to meet the government's requirements. The government emphasizes that responses must clearly show capability to provide the specified services, and the determination whether to compete the requirement remains solely at the government's discretion. Key factors supporting the sole source justification include ACME's proximity to the research facility, elimination of shipping risks for sensitive biological samples, and the need to maintain research methodology consistency.
Notice text
In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), this Notice of Intent is to inform all parties the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 located at 6162 South Willow Drive Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 intends to award a sole source procurement for the following requirement to the large business, Regents of the University of Colorado-The University of Colorado Denver, located at 13001 E. 17th Place F428:
ITEM #
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES
QTY
UNIT OF ISSUE
0001
LIBRARY QUANTIFICATION
1,000
EA
0002
16S AMPLICON SEQUENCING
1,000
EA
The Rocky Mountain MIRECC (RM MIRECC) has contracted 16S rRNA sequencing to ACME for the past 3 years. ACME is a service center within the University of Colorado. ACME is the sole source that can provide sequencing services that include 16S rRNA sequencing with the Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Maintaining the same sequencing center and equipment is required to compare the previous results from 6,000 samples to the samples sequencing results of this contract. Awarding to another sequencing center would increase costs to resequence past samples, costing the government additional funding and slowing down vital Veteran specific research endeavors. Furthermore, ACME is located on the same medical campus as RM MIRECC and is the only sequencing center with an Illumina MiSeq sequencer located close enough to RM MIRECC that samples would not need to be shipped overnight on dry ice. Shipping irreplaceable samples that need to be kept ultra-cold via overnight air on dry ice introduced unnecessary risk when the needed sequencing service is available on the same medical campus. Furthermore, shipping the samples overnight on dry ice would represent a serious research methodology deviation, as the past three years of samples analyzed by ACME Sequencing Center were not shipped overnight air on dry ice, again resulting loss of years of previous data and efforts.
The associated North America Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 541380 and the Business Size Standard is $19M employees.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, Friday, July 25th, 2025. Information received in response to this notice must clearly demonstrate the capability of meeting the Government s need as stated above. Include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, etc.) confirming the ability to supply the products and/or any services outlined in this notice. Responses to this notice are to be sent to Lindsey.Zwaagstra@va.gov.
A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government is not responsible for any potential costs incurred from interested parties desiring to respond to this notice.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C25925Q0610.docx | DOCX document |
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