6515-- Albany Ventilator Peripherals

RFQ 36C24223Q0568 Special Notice: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2, Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a Firm-Fixed Price sole source purchase order with Hamilton Medical for the purpose of upgrading the HAMILTON-G5 model ventilator for Albany VAMC. The Government intends to negotiate solely with Hamilton Medical -FAR 8.405-6 -(a) (1)(b), as no other source of supplies will satisfy agency requirements. Hamilton Medical is the is a unique source. Hamilton Medical has an existing system at the Albany VAMC, the system will only be upgraded by Hamilton and must be purchased directly by institutions from Hamilton Medical, Inc. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339112 and the size standard is 1000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will not pay for information submitted. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to contact@example.gov by 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time on 04/13/2023. 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. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.