65--Anticipated Sole Source Procurement of SpecialBIOM 3 Microscopes, lenses and cases.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17, intends to negotiate and award an anticipated sole source procurement to Insight Instruments, PO Box 3239, 2580 SE Willoughby Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994-4701, for the following items, which can only be procured in the United States, from the sole distributor, Insight Instruments. The items are (2 ea): Pt number 54162, BIOM 3, Manual Version; Pt number 54123, BIOM Adapter; Pt number 53602, Wide Field Enhance BIOM Lens; Pt number, 54547, BIOM Correction Lens F=175mm; and Pt number, 50001, BIOM Sterilization Case. This procurement will be processed under simplified acquisition procedures and Other than full and open competition, as authorized by FAR 6.302-1. NAICS Code is 423460, and the SBA standard is 100 employees. No solicitation will be issued. No telephone requests will be accepted and no written documents will be available. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. For information regarding this procurement, please contact Michael A. Willcut @ 214-857-0035 or via e-mail: [email protected].