65--4 Mar Cor WRO 300H Portable Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Systems Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Mar Cor Purification, 4450 Township Line Road, P.O. Box 1429, Skippack, PA 19474-1429, to purchase and have installed 4 WRO300H Portable Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Systems, since it contains the following salient features that are essential to the Government's needs, which no other company provides in a similar System: Heat Disinfection (This is the only device on the market that heat disinfects), that also meets or exceeds AAMI standards for water quality. Gambro (Now Mar Cor) designed and recently received FDA approval for the WRO300H which is essentially a WRO300 that can be disinfected with heat (hot water). It is the only FDA approved device on the market that can use heat for disinfection. This Notice of Intent to Sole Source, is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Parties may identify their interest; accompanied by supporting literature, to the Contracting Officer no later than April 7, 2011 COB. Responses should be sent to contact@example.gov or faxed to Ronald Mazzei at +1 (555) 000-0000. No telephone responses will be accepted. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 334510 and the small business size standard for this NAICS Code is 500 Employees. Contracting Office Address: Attn: Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Contracting Officer, (90C-A), 1010 Delafield Road, Pennsylvania 15215-1802 Point of Contact(s): Point of Contact - Ronald S. Mazzei, Contract Specialist, Ph: +1 (555) 000-0000.