9999--Intent to sole source ULTRAFOCUS 23X29 service plan

Page 1 of 1 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Hologic for a service plan for their existing equipment, Ultrafocus 23X29. Hologic is the only vendor certified to provide service/parts for this equipment. Hologic designs, develops and manufactures all software for their proprietary products, not available from other sources. All services must be performed by Hologic factory trained service engineers who only work on Hologic products. Hologic does not authorize any third-party service providers therefore, no other vendors can meet the VA requirement for a service plan. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than August 5th, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at [email protected]. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.