The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 22 located in Long Beach, CA intends to issue a sole source firm fixed price contract to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA. 92093. UCSD will provide 3 Tesla scanner FMRIs in support of multiple VA Merit Research Projects at the VA San Diego Healthcare System Research Services Section. VA San Diego has collected MRI data at this center for past VA research protocols and need to maintain continuity of MRI scans within their ongoing research program as many protocols utilize data across studies to increase sample size. The UCSD CFMRI scanner is set up to accommodate VA San Diego s specific MRI protocol, including multiband diffusion tensor imaging and functional MRI scans. The high resolution and specialized brain imaging protocols cannot be obtained elsewhere in the San Diego area. UCSD CFMRI is the only responsible source for the machine with the infrastructure (e.g., physicists, testing rooms, data transfer, hardware/software interfaces) to support VA research protocols. Use of UCSD will maintain data compatibility and applicability to the MRI data that has already been collected, and that meets the required high-resolution multiband imaging capabilities needed for their project. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 and 13.106-1(b)(1), soliciting from a single source. The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 621512 Diagnostic Imaging Centers with a Small Business Size Standard of $15 Million. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotations no later than 10:00 A.M. PST, July 11, 2018 to:
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