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/order to Cepheid for procurement of the following items: 0001: FII/FV Start Pack, Item No.: GXFIIFV-SPAK, Unit: EA, Qty.: 1 0002: Bundle, OEM Control Reagents, FIIFV, Item No.: FIIFV-BU-1, Unit: EA Qty.: 1 0003: Xpert Xpress Flu, Item No.: XPRSFLU-10, Unit: EA, Qty.: 330 0004: Xpert Carba-R, Item No.: GXCARBAR-10, Unit: EA, Qty.: 5 0005: Xpert C. Difficile, Item No.: GXCDIFFICILE-10, Unit: EA, Qty: 15 0006: Xpert MRSA NxG, Item No.: GXMRSA-NXG-120, Unit: EA, Qty: 60 0007: Xpert MTB/RIF, Item No.: GXMTB/RIF-10, Unit: EA, Qty.: 20 0008: Xpert Xpress Strep A, Item No.: XPRSTREPA-10, Unit: EA, Qty.: 165 0009: Xpert FII and FV, Item No.: GXFIIFV-10, Unit: EA, Qty.: 14 0010: Bundle, MTB/RIF, Item No.: MTV/RIF-BU2, Unit: EA Qty.: 3 Options: (Line Items 0002 0009) Four (4) Delivery Address: Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, 1901 S. Veterans Memorial Dr., Temple, TX 76504-7451 Anticipated (Standing Order) Base Period of Performance: 17 November 2018 through 16 November 2019. The proposed sole source procurement will be made by an open market pricing agreement with Cepheid. The requesting activity has submitted a sole source justification request that states they own and operate a Cepheid GeneXpert analyzer. The requested reagent items were manufactured to be compatible with the fit, form and function of Cepheid GeneXpert analyzers. 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, 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, an order will be issued to Cepheid 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. The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. DO NOT respond in the Interested Vendors List tab; interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration.

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