J--Special Notice - Notice of Intent of Sole Source Award ASP Sterrad 100S Preventative Maintenance

Special Notice - Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Ethicon, Inc., doing business as Advanced Sterilization Products Division (ASP), for procurement of the following services: 0001: STERRAD 100S preventative maintenance agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 1001: Option Year for CLIN 0001; 12 MOs The proposed sole source procurement is being made by an open market pricing agreement with ASP. ASP has stated that they are the sole distributor for their sales and services. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice; however, any offers received may be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. All responsible sources may submit a response; which, if timely received, will be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to ASP without further notice. The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. The POC does not have any visibility to the "Interested Vendors List" tab within the notice. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration.