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Page 2 of 2 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to BioMerieux, Inc., located at 100 Rodolphe St. . BioMerieux, Inc., will provide maintenance and repair of the BioMerieux, Inc., equipment. The BioMerieux, Inc., Equipment is proprietary and may only be purchased through BioMerieux, Inc., or from one of its authorized distributors. BioMerieux, Inc., is the sole source service provider for the maintenance and repair services for BioMerieux VITEK MS and VITEK MS Plus spectrometer and Myla interface equipment. The place of performance is for the Veterans Affairs VISN 15 facilities: Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital 800 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO 65201 Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center 4101 4th Street Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048 Marion VA Medical Center 2401 W Main St. Marion, IL 62959 St. Louis Health Care System 915 N Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63106 Topeka Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2200 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS 66622 Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center 5500 E Kellogg Ave, Wichita, KS 67218 The NAICS code is 811219 with a size standard of $20.5 Million. The solicitation number is 36C25519Q0680. This action will result in a Firm-Fixed Price contract with a period of performance of twelve (12) month Base year plus four option years. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement NLT August 19, 2019 at 3:00 PM CST. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement, Notice of Intent. If after August 19, 2019 no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, Department of Veterans Affairs shall negotiate solely with the BioMerieux, Inc. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contract Specialist Michael Murphy, who can be reached at [email protected]. The Network Contracting Office 15 address is: VA Heartland Network 15, Network Business Office, Contracting Office, 3450 South. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048.