The VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), an organization within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with research affiliate Duke University pursuant to FAR 6.302-5, for the provision of Mass Spectrometry, Immunological, and Clinical Chemistry Assessment of Targeted Metabolomic and Proteomic Quantifications. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however; any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Friday, May 31, 2013 (8:00AM, EST). Interest/capability statements may be sent to Bailey Kapfer at
[email protected]. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government