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This Government Contract opportunity from Department Of Veterans Affairs was posted on August 18, 2026. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

AJ12--Pre-Solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source Research Equip - Critical Component Interface for System Controller - PHILA

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36C24E26Q0096Federal

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The Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Regional Procurement Office East in Pittsburgh, PA, has issued a pre-solicitation notice under solicitation number 36C24E26Q0096. The agency intends to award a sole source contract for an Avidity Science Component Interface to integrate an Automated Watering System Controller and Environmental Sentry Panel with a Watchdog EX Local machine. The procurement includes a serial to Ethernet converter, Watchdog EX Local and Bridge software to be installed on the customer's physical system server, and specialized on-boarding assistance. This assistance involves a consultative approach to verify system configurations, pre-populate monitoring templates, and ensure proper notification settings are operational by the first day of start-up. This notice is not a formal request for quotes but serves as an intent to negotiate on a sole source basis under NAICS code 423430. However, the government will consider capability statements from any responsible source that can provide equivalent services. Interested parties must submit a detailed capability statement to Robert Dobson at [email hidden] by August 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM MT. Telephone responses will not be accepted, and the government retains full discretion over whether to compete the requirement based on the responses received.

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VA sole source contract for Avidity Science interface and specialized on-boarding assistance.

NAICS

423430 - Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers

Place of Performance

PA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

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36C24E26Q0096 Pre-Solicitation Notice Intent to Sole Source Research Equip

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AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Rpo East (36C24E)
Contacts1 person available
OfficePITTSBURGH, PA, 15212, USA
Office AddressPITTSBURGH, PA, 15212, USA
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Robert D Dobson (ContractorRobert Dobson

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Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development (R&D), Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis for Avidity Science Component Interface consisting of: - Serial to Ethernet Converter for connection of Automated Watering System Controller (AWSC) and Environmental Sentry Panel (ESP) to the Customer Provided Watchdog EX Local machine. - Watchdog EX® Local Software To be installed on customer's physical system server - Watchdog EX® Bridge Software To be hosted on customer's physical system. - Watchdog EXTM Local On-Boarding Assistance consisting of: On-Boarding Assistance Consultative Approach - multiple touch points with customer after receipt of order and prior to migration to Watchdog EX to provide the following: Verification of customer current configuration and provide opportunity to make any changes necessary in advance of final creation of the system configuration Pre-populate most used notification and monitoring templates Assurance for proper notifications to be in place at the end of Day 1 of start-up This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent service with the features described above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Monday, August 24 2026, 2:00 PM, MT. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your service meets the requirement may be sent to contact@example.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government

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