65--Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement Urinalysis Cost-Per-Reportable Result Program

Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced task order (Base Period of Performance: 12 Months) to Beckman Coulter for procurement of the following Urinalysis Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) program/agreement. The CPRR program includes equipment rental, equipment maintenance services and consumables (all reagents, controls and calibrators necessary to operate the equipment). The CPRR program will be administered at three (3) Central Texas Veterans Health Care System locations; Olin Teague VA Medical Center, Temple TX; Doris Miller VA Medical Center, Waco TX; and the Austin Outpatient Clinic, Austin TX. Item# Equipment Description: 0001 iRICELL 1500 (iQ Select & Velocity): Location: Temple, Quantity: 2 Each Ancillaries: standard shipping and installation included Cost for equipment lease/rental is included with consumables Cost for equipment maintenance services is included with consumables 0002 iRICELL 1500 (iQ Select & Velocity): Location: Waco TX, Quantity: 1 Each 0003 iRICELL 1500 (iQ Select & Velocity): Location: Austin TX, Quantity: 1 Each 000101 Consumables included with CPRR agreement, estimated (no-cost): Description Part/Item Number Est. Quantity (T)(W)(A) Lamina, 2 Bottles/Case 800-3236 76 21 25 Control/Focus Set 800-3104 24 12 12 Calibrator Pack 800-3103 6 3 3 Diluent Pack 800-3002 3 2 2 System Cleanser Pack 800-3203 2 1 1 Chemistry Strips, Velocity 800-7212 631 162 200 Chem. Wash, 2 Bottles/Case 800-7217 25 7 8 CA/CB/CC Set 800-7211 16 8 8 Velocity Calcheck Kit 800-7703 8 4 4 Body Fluids Lysing Reagent 800-3213 3 0 0 Body Fluids Controls, L1&2 800-3219 13 0 0 Barcode Label, Serous Fluid 868-3010 2 0 0 Barcode Label, Synovial Fl. 868-3023 1 0 0 Barcode Lab, L1&L2 Cont. 868-3012 2 0 0 Conical Tubes, Body Fluids 800-3215 7 0 0 Desiccant Kit, 30 Pack B79319 1 1 1 Item# CPRR, Urine Chemistry, Temple 0001AA CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 4500 reportable per month, with incremental 300 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0001AB CPRR, Microscopy Analyzer, Temple CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 4500 reportable per month, with incremental 300 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0001AC CPRR, Body Fluids Module, Temple CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 30 reportable per month, with incremental 0 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0002AA CPRR, Urine Chemistry, Waco CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 1200 reportable per month, with incremental 0 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0002AB CPRR, Microscopy Analyzer, Waco CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 1200 reportable per month, with incremental 0 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0003AA CPRR, Urine Chemistry, Austin CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 1200 reportable per month, with incremental 0 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Item # 0003AB CPRR, Microscopy Analyzer, Austin CPRR ($ amount TBD) based on estimated 1200 reportable per month, with incremental 0 reportable at (TBD). Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Options: Four, All Line Base POP Line Items (Period of Performance: 12 Months, Each) [TBD] The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a pricing agreement with Beckman Coulter, based on pricing from their VA NAC FSS. The requesting activity states the CPRR agreement is for urinalysis; required for the daily testing of patients for diseases. The sole source justification request submitted by the requesting activity stated that a sole source is required because they require an integrated urine microscopy and urine chemistry analyzer capable of analyzing body fluid specimens. Market research performed on the other two (2) NAC category 605-4A vendor s analyzers identified that they do not offer body fluid testing parameters on them. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to Beckman Coulter without any further notice. The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 8.405-6 Limited Sources. Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. Do NOT respond in the Interested Vendors List . The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. Do not respond to this notice in the Interested Vendors List tab. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration.