A--SHARED RESOURCES AND CORES

The Network Contracting Office, Murfreesboro, Tennessee intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Finance, Office of Res-CORES, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 for various research shared resources, CORES, located at the Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The proposed action is for supplies/services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-3. - Industrial Mobilization; engineering, development, or research capability; or expert services (41 USC 253(c) (3): The Government believes that it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order (1) to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization, or ((2) to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center or (3) to acquire the services of an expert neutral person for any current or anticipated litigation or dispute.