J--Preventative maintenance agreement

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center intends to negotiate a sole source contract with ARJOHUNTLEIGH for services to perform annual inspections, maintenance and repairs of the Maxisky 600 and the Maxisky 1000 ceiling lifts. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 423450 and the Small Business Standard is 500 employees and the Government believes that ARJOHUNTLEIGH. is the only manufacture that can satisfy the agency requirements. Therefore, the Government intends to proceed with a sole source procurement for the required supplies and or services. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 6.302 - only one responsible source and no other vendor will satisfy agency requirements. To the best of our knowledge, ARJOHUNTLEIGH., Norwood, MA is the only source that provides the above indicated items and features. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any firm that believes it can meet these requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within five (5) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail, to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Information can be sent to the Contracting Officer, Network Contracting Office 10, 260 East University Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 or via fax to +1 (555) 000-0000. Responses received will be evaluated however; 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. If no responses are received, the Network Contracting Office 10 will precede with the sole source negotiation with ARJOHUNTLEIGH,