66--AVANTIK QS11 Cryostat - Providence

Strategic Acquisition Center-Frederick, Department of Veterans Affairs, Frederick, MD, intends to award a sole source one-time purchase order to Avantik Biogroup, DBA Belair Instrument Company, 32 Commerce Street, P.O. Box 1299, Springfield, NJ 07081, for the purchase and installation of a Mohs Laboratory. Authority to purchase this equipment and service using the sole source method derives from 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(c). The purchase will be a Firm-Fixed Price purchase order. The anticipated award date is May 10, 2013. Please note that this is not a request for competitive responses. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. A Justification and Approval document will be posted within 14 days of contract award. For information regarding this purchase, contact Kandy Clark at 240-439-6468 or [email protected].