This notice is issued for the purpose of establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 San Antonio, Texas intends to negotiate sole source with Mayo Medical Laboratories 200 First St SW Rochester, MN 55905 to perform and provide results for, but not limited to, the following procedures/tests: CPT Code Description Charge Amt. Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assay, QN $115.82 FLT3 (ITD) and D835 Variant Det $325.00 NMO Evaluation w/Reflex, S $188.30 83912 Interpretation and Report $87.50 88361 HER2, Breast IHC, Automated $449.40 Hemochrom HFE Gene Anal,B $195.00 82397 PTH Related Peptide $33.10 HER2 Amp, Breast Cancer, FISH $0.00 87517 HBV DNA Quantification, S $68.70 83887 Nicotine & Metabolites, S $51.35 83887 Nicotine and Metabolite,U $53.30 ANCA Panel for Vasculitis, S $268.60 83891 HPGDE, DNA Extraction $165.50 ER/PR, Semi-Quant IHC, Manual $118.65 Nucleophosmin Mutation Analysis $312.30 82136 Amino Acid, Urea Cycle Panel, P $85.04 Alpha-Globin Gene Analys $590.90 86255 Cytoplasmic Neut Ab(s) $39.90 83520 Alpha-Sub. of Pit. Glyco. $23.76 83519 ACh Receptor Modulating $64.45 87305 Aspergillus Ag, BAL $157.70 81479 IL28B Polymorphism Genotype, B $303.30 87185 Beta Lactamase BLA $25.10 84182 CRMP-5-IgG Western Blot $101.15 Desmoglein 1 and 3, S $266.00 FLT3 (ITD) and D835 Variant Det $325.00 87449 Fungitell Assay $150.00 HER2 Amp, Breast Cancer, FISH $738.00 HCV FibroSURE $253.30 HLA B5701 $168.75 Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Assay, QN $107.53 80299 5-Flucytosine, S $25.83 N. Meningitidis IgG Vac R $128.96 Prometh Thiopurine Metab $268.00 82542 Sertraline (Zoloft) $70.84 CPT Code Description Charge Amt. 82943 Glucagon, Plasma $40.18 87517 HBV DNA Detect/Quant, S $68.70 Hemochrom HFE Gene Anal,B $195.00 HLA-B*5701 Genotype, Abacavir $480.30 Inflam Bowel Dis. Panel,S $392.20 87077 Org Refer for ID, Aerobic $41.84 87153 Aerobe Ident by Sequencing ISAE1 $110.60 MEN2 (2A,2B,FMTC) Mut Scr $240.00 87186 Susceptibility, Aerobic $31.53 87556 M tuberculosis Complex PCR $335.00 83887 Nicotine & Metabolites, S $51.35 83887 Nicotine and Metabolite,U $53.30 86255 NMDA-R Ab CBA, CSF $445.32 86255 NMDA-R Ab CBA, Serum $445.32 NMO Evaluation w/Reflex, S $188.30 Nucleophosmin Mutation Analysis $575.30 83519 21-Hydroxylase Ab, S $251.80 82150 Amylase, Pancreatic, BF $111.40 Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Eval, S $357.70 83519 Procollagen I Intact N-Terminal, S $0.00 83051 Plasma Hemoglobin, P $76.50 Paraneoplas Autoantibody Eval,CSF $883.20 82397 PTH Related Peptide $33.10 87517 HBV DNA Quantification, S $68.70 87077 Ident by MALDI-TOF mass spec $36.60 87899 Streptococcus pneumo Ag,U $49.90 87186 Susceptibility SUS1 $32.60 ANCA Panel for Vasculitis, S $277.20 Y Microdeletion $455.70 84999 Miscellaneous Athena Test $952.76 84999 Misc Virologic Clin Ref $750.00 84999 Misc National Jewish Test $75.94 in support of the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS) Pathology and Lab Medicine. NAICS 621511 applies. 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) subpart 6.302-1 (a) (2) only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. The described will provide laboratory services to include analysis, reporting of analytic results, and consultation regarding selection, collection, transportation and result interpretation. No other company is expected to respond to this requirement. Period of Performance shall be from the date of award, and extend for three years. 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 the Contract Specialist,
[email protected] no later than September 27, 2013, 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.