Q--UT PATHOLOGY CORE LAB SERVICES

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 intends to negotiate a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with University of Texas /Pathology Department Health Science Center (UTHSCSA)., 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284 for CORE Lab Services listed in this notice for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STXVHCS) / Audie L. Murphy VAMC NCO 17 located at 7400 Merton Minter Boulevard, San Antonio, TX 78229. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.253 (c) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The described services fulfill a recurring need for supplies and services for use at the South Texas Veteran Health Care System and only UTHSCSA can fulfill this requirement. No other company is expected to respond to this requirement. UTHSCSA is the sole source and will not use any sub-contractors for any portion of this service. The agreement term will be for 36 months from the date of award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. However, any qualified vendor that determines it can meet the government's requirements may give written notification through e-mail to [email protected] no later than Wednesday, January 7th, 2015, 12PM CDT. No telephone responses will be accepted. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. A determination not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. The following services are required: Optical Imaging Digitized video microscopy Confocal Microscopy Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy Multi photon Excitation Microscopy Genomics Research CORE to include: Genome snp genotyping and copy number variation analysis Whole Genome gene expression microarrays Whole Genome methylation microarrays