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The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System plans to award a firm-fixed price contract exclusively to Illumina Inc. for maintenance services on essential medical equipment, including the Research Tecan-Roma, Plus Autoloader extended warranty, Iscan, and Plus-Beadexpress. Illumina Inc. is deemed the sole responsible source capable of ensuring uninterrupted maintenance and operations, which covers three on-site visits annually, prompt on-site response, critical and non-critical upgrades, demonstrations, and applications training. This award is based on authority allowing non-competitive procurement when only one responsible source exists and no alternative supplies or services can meet the agency's requirements. This contract falls under NAICS code 541711 with a size standard of 500 and is not open for competition or solicitation of proposals, quotations, or expressions of interest. However, any company that believes it can fulfill the requirements may provide detailed written information regarding their capabilities, pricing, and technical data within ten days from the notice's publication date. The Department of Veterans Affairs will review such submissions but retains sole discretion to proceed with the sole source award to Illumina Inc. if no viable alternative providers are identified. The notification underscores that no contract award will be based on unsolicited proposals and that all inquiries must be submitted in writing to the designated Contracting Specialist.

General Info

Illumina Inc. awarded sole-source contract for maintenance of essential medical equipment, no competition.

Agency

Department Of Veterans Affairs → 256-NETWORK Contract Office 16 (36C256)

NAICS

541711 - Research and Development in Biotechnology

Place of Performance

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Timeline

PostedSep 26

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → 256-NETWORK Contract Office 16 (36C256)

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OfficeRIDGELAND, MS, 39157, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → 256-NETWORK Contract Office 16 (36C256)

Office AddressRIDGELAND, MS, 39157, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 4300 West 7th Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, intends to award, on a sole source basis, a firm-fixed price contract to Illumina Inc., 9885 Town Centre Dr., San Diego, CA 92121-1975 for maintenance on Research Tecan-Roma, Plus Autoloader extended warranty, Iscan, Plus-Beadexpress. Illumina Inc. is the only company that can ensure continuity of essential medical services maintenance and operations including 3 on-site visits per year, on-site response time, critical upgrades, demos, applications training and non-critical upgrades, pending the solicitation and award of a long-term contract for these services. Authority for other than full and open competition is 10 USC 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies and Services will satisfy agency requirements. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541711 with a size standard of 500 applies. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI), proposals, or quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals, or quotations received in response to this Notice. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competition. However, any company that feels they can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Specialist 10 days from the date of publication of this Notice. Interested persons should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought, including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Information may be sent to contact@example.gov. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Department of Veterans Affairs will proceed with a sole source award for the requirement to Illumina Inc.