74--INSERTER MAILING MACHINE INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs Great Lakes Acquisition Center plans to negotiate a sole source procurement with Pitney Bowes Global Financial for the purchase of Pitney Bowes D1900 Inserter and CONNECT+3000 mailing machines, along with SendSuite Live Licenses, specifically for use at the Oscar G Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan. This procurement will be conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, which allows the government to solicit and negotiate with only one source when it determines that the minimum needs can only be met by supplies available from that source. This notice serves as an intent to enter into negotiations without competition but allows other interested parties to demonstrate their capability to meet the requirement by a specified deadline. Responses from other sources must be submitted by 12:00 CST on July 29, 2015, and must provide detailed evidence proving their capability to meet the requirements. The government retains full discretion to decide whether to proceed with a competitive procurement based on the information received. No solicitation document is available at this time, and the notice emphasizes that any information obtained will primarily inform the decision on whether competition should be pursued. The procurement falls under NAICS code 333318 and is managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contract Office 12 located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.