J--671-18-1-121-0012 LAB BioFire Base Yr +1 Opt. Service (VA-17-097405)

Page 1 of 1 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 BioFire Diagnostics for the following services: FilmArray sample preparation. Place of Performance: South Texas Veterans Health Care System Audie Murphy VA Hospital 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229-4404 Period of Performance: Base + 1 Option Year The proposed sole source procurement is being made with BioFire Diagnostics, based on pricing in their VA National Acquisition Center (NAC) contract pricelist. 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 task order will be issued to BioFire 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 8.405-6 Limited Sources. 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 10/27/2017 @ 0900 CST.