Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) National Activations Office (NAO) Surge Support Team August 10, 2022 SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Corpus Christi Pkg. P Omnicell Supply Distribution System RFI eCMS ACTION NUMBER 36C77622Q0458 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires: an Omnicell Supply Distribution System. The Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC), National Activations Office (NAO) intends to issue a sole source Request for Quotes to the manufacturer Omnicell s sole SDVOSB authorized distributor. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) soliciting competition; soliciting from a single source (including brand name), where acquisitions conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, but still require a justification using the format of FAR 6.303-2. The NAICS code for this procurement is 339112 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is 1,000 employees. BUY AMERICAN ACT NOTE: The brand name items identified in this notice are domestic end products for public use in the United States as defined in FAR Part 25. If offering an alternative, please indicate if the items you are offering are domestic end products for public use in the United States as defined in FAR Part 25. This notice of intent to is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements and complies with the Non-Manufacturer Rule*, may submit a response with manufacturer cut sheets, which may be considered by the agency, only if received by email by the closing date and time of this notice. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This requirement will be subject to the requirements of the Buy American Statute (reference: FAR 25.101) and any response shall include the location(s) of manufacture for all items. *Non-Manufacturer Rule: The requirement that a Non-Manufacturer supply the product of a small business concern is referred to as the Non-Manufacturer Rule (NMR) [13 C.F.R. § 121.406]. In order to qualify as a small business concern for a small business set-aside, an offeror must either manufacture the item in accordance with the Limitations on Subcontracting (see FAR section 52.219-14, 52.219-27 and 13 C.F.R. § 125.6) or supply the product of a small business made in the United States. The NMR applies to all socioeconomic Small Business set-asides (SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, etc.) under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT). To set-aside a requirement for a Small Business (or other socioeconomic category), the vendor must provide the product of a small business manufacturer. If a manufacturer produces their product(s) outside of the United States, regardless of domestic presence, they will not satisfy the Nonmanufacturer Rule for award to a socioeconomic small business concern, as intended by this notice. This would violate the principle of a socioeconomic small business concern providing the product(s) of a small business concern, as small business concerns are those that are both located domestically and that manufacture their product(s) domestically. Any small business concern that produces their product(s) outside of the United States is considered an other-than-small-business (OTSB) response for this requirement. Responses to this notice are due through email on or before Tuesday August 16, 2022 at 10:00 AM (Eastern) to this procurement s Contracting Specialist Aimee Maxel, at
[email protected] . Contracting Office Address*: Department of Veterans Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) 6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300 Independence, OH 44131 *IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Due to COVID-19, the Contracting Specialist is not physically working in the Contracting Office. Please be sure all communications directed to the CS are conducted through email to avoid any delay in the CS receiving information.