J--589-13-1-2761-0008 NEW 589A5&A6 Istat Blood Analyzers

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 15 intends to negotiate a commercial sole source contract with Abbott Laboratories 100 Abbott Park RD 943 BLDG AP6C-3, North Chicago, IL 60064-3500 under the authority FAR 6.302-1. This procurement is to obtain service and maintenance for the 12 i-STAT 1 Analyzer located at Colmery-O'Neil VAMC Campus, 2200 Gage Blvd., Topeka, KS 66622 and Dwight D. Eisenhower VAMC Campus. 4101 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048. When an ISTAT blood analyzer breaks down, the contractor will be contacted by our Bio-Med shop to provide a rebuilt replacement analyzer, at a previously negotiated cost, to be used by the Medical Center to replace the defective analyzer. Upon contact by the Bio-Med shop, the contractor will immediately ship out a rebuilt analyzer. Upon receipt of the replacement machine, the BioMed employee will ship the defective machine back to the contractor with a contractor provided return authorization number. This will be an analyzer exchange program. The replacement analyzer will become property of VA and the defective analyzer will be removed from VA property inventory, a work order entered to close out its history. Seven I-stat 1 Analyzers are located at the Leavenworth Campus and Six I-stat 1 analyzers are located at the Topeka Campus. When an ISTAT blood analyzer breaks down, the contractor will be contacted by our Bio-Med shop to provide a rebuilt replacement analyzer, at a previously negotiated cost, to be used by the Medical Center to replace the defective analyzer. Upon contact by the Bio-Med shop, the contractor will immediately ship out a rebuilt analyzer. Upon receipt of the replacement machine, the BioMed employee will ship the defective machine back to the contractor with a contractor provided return authorization number. This will be an analyzer exchange program. The replacement analyzer will become property of VA and the defective analyzer will be removed from VA property inventory, a work order entered to close out its history. Seven I-stat 1 Analyzers are located at the Leavenworth Campus and Six I-stat 1 analyzers are located at the Topeka Campus. The base period of service will be from October 3, 2012 through October 2, 2013 and up to two (2) Option Years after the base period. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposal based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.