NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

DESC: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO Synthes for orthopedic surgical supplies UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. Synthes, 1690 Russell Road, Paoli, PA 19304-1262, estimated award amount is $4,000,000.00. Synthes will provide orthopedic surgical instruments and implant systems. This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposals or quotations. No solicitation will be issued but a statement of work is available and can be obtained from the contracting officer and any interested party may submit its Expression Of Interest (EOI). No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data an d technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The Government will be the sole determiner regarding an offeror’s ability to meet all requirements. The government will consider all EOIs received prior to 10 days after date of publication of this synopsis by 4:00 pm PST on that date. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. EOIs sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be mailed to: Regional Contracting Office-Southwest, Attn: Loretta Nared, P O Box 1609, Oceanside, CA 92051-1609. EOIs sent via Federal Express or hand carried must be delivered to: Regional Contracting O ffice-Southwest, USMC, Attn: Loretta Nared, Building 22180, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055, during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EOIs may be submitted via facsimile to Attn: Loretta Nared at (760) 725-8445. The facsimile transmission must clearly identify this notice and the name of the contracting officer on the first page. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on time and should allow a reasonable time for facsimile transmissions to be completed. All pages of the transmission must reach the office before the deadline specified and pages of a facsimile transmission that arrive in the office after the specified deadline will not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of facsimile transmissions and should confirm by telephone that any facsimile w as received. This purchase will be under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The anticipated award date is May 3, 2004. Point of contact for this purchase is Loretta Nared (760) 725-8133.