SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Cepheid Medical Equipment
- Notice Date
- 6/2/2022 8:01:13 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241) TOGUS ME 04330 USA
- ZIP Code
- 04330
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24122Q0624
- Archive Date
- 07/02/2022
- Point of Contact
- Chelsea Smith, Contracting Officer, Phone: 413-584-4040
- E-Mail Address
-
chelsea.smith2@va.gov
(chelsea.smith2@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Special Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source delivery order for Cepheid GeneXpert analyzers for the VISN 1 laboratories with Cepheid, 904 Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The COVID-19 Pandemic necessitates the need for additional equipment to perform testing of this virus. Cepheid is the only vendor that can provide testing cartridges as well as Cepheid equipment. Cepheid was a pioneer of the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) systems. Currently, Cepheid is only platform for COVID testing used at all sites. Unified Covid-19 testing must be maintained to ensure all results can be compared to one another. The applicable NAICS code is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000. The PSC is 6640. The authority for this action is FAR 8.405-6(b) Items peculiar to one manufacturer. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at Chelsea.smith2@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
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- Record
- SN06345213-F 20220604/220602230107 (samdaily.us)
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