65--Notice of Intent -- VISN6 Cepheid Non-FSS BPA

Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 (NCO 6) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Cepheid (DUNS: 956711444), pursuant to FAR 13106-1(b)(2) and Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. The proposed sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is for Cepheid brand reagents, in the part numbers and quantities outlined in the below table. The BPA will have an period of performance of one base period and four option years. Cepheid is the sole distributor and manufacturer of the required reagents (assays) for the GeneXpert and Infinity equipment. Cepheid has no authorized resellers of their reagent products. There are not any universal assays that work in the Cepheid brand GeneXpert and Infinity molecular diagnostics equipment. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 04:30PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Daniel Spaulding (contractor) at [email protected]. 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. SubCLIN DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES Current Estimated Annual Quantities UNIT 01 GXCDIFF/EPI-10 Xpert C.difficile/Epi (10) 608 EA 02 GXCDIFF/EPI-120 Xpert C.difficile/Epi (120) 0 EA 03 GXCDIFFICILE-10 Xpert C. difficile (10) 0 EA 04 GXCDIFFICILE-120 Xpert C. difficile (120) 13 EA 05 GXCT/NG-10 Xpert CT/NG 505 EA 06 GXCT/NG-SPAK Xpert CT/NG StartPAK 1 EA 07 GXCDIFF/EPI-SPAK Xpert Cdiff/Epi StartPAK 0 EA 08 GXEV-100N-10 Xpert EV, IVD 0 EA 09 GXFLU-10 Xpert Flu 335 EA 10 GXFLU-10A Xpert Flu (updated version) 3 EA 11 CT/NG-BU1 CT/NG Panel/Control Bundle 1 EA 12 CDIFF/EPI-BU1 Cdifficile Epi Panel/Control Bundle 14 EA 13 GXCT/NG-SPAK Xpert CT/NG StartPAK 0 EA 14 GXCDIFF/EPI-SPAK Xpert Cdiff/Epi StartPAK 0 EA 15 NASL-100N-100 Cepheid Nasal Collection Kit 57 EA 16 MTB/RIF-BU1 MTB/RIF Control Bundle 3 EA 17 GXMTB/RIF-US-10 Xpert MTB/RIF (US-IVD) 90 EA 18 900-0370 Cepheid Collection Device 65 EA 19 CTNSWAB-50 CT/NG Vaginal/Endocervical Collection Kit 4 EA 20 CTNGURINE-50 CT/NG Urine Specimen Collection Kit 4 EA 21 SDPS-120 Single use disposable swab 5 EA