SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Illumina Golden Gate Hardware & Software
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;VA CENTRAL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HCS;Acquisitions-90;421 North Main Street;Leeds MA 01053-9764
- ZIP Code
- 01053-9764
- Solicitation Number
- VA24114I0971
- Response Due
- 9/5/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- TORBEN OHLSSON
- E-Mail Address
-
itions-90<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare System, VISN 1, at the Providence VA Medical Center, Providence RI, and Network Contracting Office 1- intends to procure via sole source contract under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1, with manufacturer Illumina Inc. and authorized reseller Government Scientific Source INC, for the purchase a Illumina Golden Gate Option Kit for use at the West Haven VAMC. The intended items to be purchased are listed in the description of services below as well as the salient characteristics of the required equipment. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 334516. The size standard is 500 employees. The FSC is 6515. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 - "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy." A firm fixed price contract is anticipated to be awarded for this procurement and shall be awarded with no option years. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement, and it is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. Description of Services: Illumina Golden Gate Option Kit GoldenGate Product Option Kit includes hardware, software, and accessories to perform additional applications, as well as installation and onsite training. These kits include equipment for GoldenGate Genotyping and WG-DASL Assays. The GoldenGate Product Option Kit contains components that can be added at any time, including hardware, software, and accessories. oEach kit also includes installation, on-site training, and a one-year warranty oThe kit is available for both 110V and 220V Parties may identify their interest and to respond to the requirement, but this notice of intent IS NOT a request for competitive quotations, proposals, or an invitation for bids. Interested parties who believe they can meet this requirement must submit information about their capabilities no later than 4:00 PM EST, 09/05/2014. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government, and will not be returned. No solicitation will be made available, as it is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. Any information in response to this notice must be sent to the Contracting Officer by email only to torben.ohlsson@va.gov, by the required date. Responses received will be examined and 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 by required date, NCO1 Contracting Department will proceed with the sole source negotiation for this equipment
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