J--671-18-1-121-0006 LAB GenMark SVC (VA-17-098874) NOTICE OF INTENT_SOLE SOURCE

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 GenMark Diagnostics for the following services: Base Year 0001: Support Services Maintenance Agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 Option Year I 1001: Support Services Maintenance Agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 Option Year II 2001: Support Services Maintenance Agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 Option Year III 3001: Support Services Maintenance Agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 Option Year IV 4001: Support Services Maintenance Agreement; Unit of Issue: MO, Qty.: 12 Equipment/service locations: South Texas Veterans Health Care System Audie Murphy VA Hospital 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229-4404 This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded based on 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 10 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to GenMark Diagnostics without any further notice. The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304, as implemented by FAR 13.106-1. 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 by 10/17/2017 @ 0900.