J--Excelsior Tissue Processor Maintenance Svc

Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Richard-Allan Scientific for procurement of the following Items: Line Item Description QTY: 0001 As needed service and maintenance on the Excelsior Tissue Processors 2 Catalog number: A82300001 Product code: PLA82300001 Period of Performance for one year: Plus (4) one-year options The proposed sole source procurement will be made by an open market pricing agreement with Richard-Allan Scientific. Richard-Allan Scientific provided a letter stating they are the sole source for supplying Technical Support for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Excelsior Tissue Processors. Only their trained and authorized service technicians are qualified to work on our equipment. Since they are the manufacturer of the instruments and are the only supplier of parts. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to Richard-Allan Scientific without any further notice. The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. Do NOT respond in the Interested Vendors List . 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.