J065--Heart Lung Equipment Maintenace and Services

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE. The Department of Veterans Health Affairs Washington District of Columbia Veterans Medical Center (DCVAMC) and Network Contracting Office (NCO) 5, intend to award a sole source firm-fixed-fixed-price contract to LivaNova USA, Inc. to provide all labor, personnel, equipment/parts, tools, materials, supervision and other items necessary to perform preventive and corrective maintenance for LivNova S5 Perfusion system, 3T Heater Cooler System, and Xtra Auto-Transfusion Systems. The contractor shall provide travel for remedial repair. Planned maintenance services for all devices are inclusive, all work shall be completed by certified LivaNova technician and/or engineer. Planned Maintenance is to occur once per year for each device. Telephone technical support and automatic call escalation shall also be included in maintenance services. Pending availability, loaner equipment shall be provided to facility if the device is taken off-site for repair. Preventive maintenance shall cover one check per device for period of performance. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. 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. Responses must be received no later than 11:00 pm on October 22, 2020 . No telephone inquiries will be accepted. All responses and questions must be emailed to [email protected].