66--Necleic Acid Cartridges

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office-8, in support of James A Haley Veterans Medical Center 13000 Bruce B Downs Tampa Florida 33612 intends to negotiate a noncompetitive award under Request for Quotation number VA248-13-Q-1774, with Nanosphere Inc. a Small Business to provide nucleic acid test cartridges. This procurement is a sole source award pursuant to authority of sections 502 and 503 of Public Law 109-461, the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (38 U.S.C. §8127 (b). This notice is NOT a request for competitive proposals. The Government intends to award a fixed price contract in accordance with all terms and conditions of the solicitation. The NAICS code is assigned to this acquisition is 541711 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Scope of Work: The contractor shall furnish nucleic acid test cartridges supplies. The contract performance period consists of: base year June 10, 2013 thru June 9, 2014 and one option year June 10, 2014 thru June 9, 2015 these dates may be adjusted based upon actual date of award.