6550--Notice of Intent to SOLE SOURCE V16 Lab BPA Beckman Coulter ACCESS BNP test kits, calibrators and controls

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO 16) plans to award a firm-fixed price delivery order to Beckman Coulter, Inc. to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement for Access® B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) test kits, controls, and calibrators. These products are intended for use with Beckman Coulter Immunoassay System analyzers currently installed across Medical Center and Outpatient Clinic Laboratories within the South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16). The agreement covers a nine-month period starting January 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022. This procurement is conducted under FAR 8.405-6, limiting sources, and is identified under NAICS code 325413, which pertains to in vitro diagnostic substances, reagents, test kits, and sets. This notice is a sole source intent and not a solicitation for quotations, with no solicitation package available. Interested parties were instructed to submit any responses by 12:00 pm Central Time on November 4, 2021, with no telephone inquiries accepted. Correspondence was to be directed exclusively to the Contracting Officer, Diyonne Williams, at the provided email address. The procurement specifies a small business size standard of 1,250 employees but does not indicate a set-aside status. The contracting activities are managed through the VA's office located in Ridgeland, Mississippi, ensuring the continued availability of critical diagnostic testing supplies for veterans' healthcare facilities within VISN 16.