J--INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Service Varian Linac - 578

The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Varian Medical Systems Inc. for full service maintenance and preventative maintenance on the radiotherapy linear accelerators and component equipment located at the Edward Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois. Varian Medical Systems Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing remote login service for applications real time support under the Memorandum of Understanding, Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA/MOU). This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 12 & 13 Single Source Award Justification for Simplified Acquisitions Procedure and no other vendor will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any firm that believes it can meet these requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer by 10:00 AM (CST) March 10, 2017. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Information must be sent to the Contracting Officer, [email protected]. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Responses received will be evaluated however; a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Office will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Varian Medical Systems, Inc.