65--V548A10000 | OPERATIONAL PROFILE RAIL | PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS | 548 | RADIOLOGY

The VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Philips Medical Systems to acquire additional components for a recently obtained Philips Angio Table. This procurement will be conducted under the Other Than Full and Open Competition provision (FAR 6.302-1), and the relevant NAICS code for this acquisition is 334510. The notice clarifies that it is not a request for competitive proposals but rather a call for any parties to provide clear and convincing evidence as to why a competitive process would benefit the government. Responses to the notice must be submitted by noon on September 9, 2011, and will be considered, though the final decision to compete the procurement is at the sole discretion of the government. Interested parties are advised not to make telephone inquiries and should submit their responses via email to the designated contact, Ramsay MacLeod, or by mail to the specified Department of Veterans Affairs address in West Palm Beach. This notice highlights the intended sole source negotiation aimed at efficiently expanding the capabilities of the Philips Angio Table while ensuring the government retains discretion over whether competition is appropriate based on feedback. The solicitation is catalogued under the number VA24811RQ1330 and relates specifically to operational profile rail components for radiology equipment provided by Philips Medical Systems.