65--GeneXpert System

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract. The Department of Veterans' Affairs, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital (JAHVH) located in Tampa, FL intends to solicit and negotiate the procurement of a GeneXpert Infinity System with Cepheid of Sunnyvale, California. This system consists of features that reduce or eliminate these hospital-acquired MRSA infections. The CDC, SHEA, and APIC recognizes the importance of stringent policies for the care of patients infected with MRSA to minimize its spread. Cepheid's Xpert MRSA is designed to provide on-demand results to optimize the effectiveness of active MRSA surveillance testing as a part of a Infection Control Program. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all information received by 2 p.m. EST, 31 July 2008, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NAICS 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. No solicitation document is available. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Interested parties may e-mail information to [email protected], or fax 813-972-7572 (ATTN: Marvin Butler).