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Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced task order (Base Period of Performance: 12 Months) to Beckman Coulter for procurement of the following Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) agreement, which includes reagents and consumable supplies: Item# Equipment Description: 0001 CellaVision DM96 (Monitor not included), Part Number: DXH 1601 with Dual Workstations, Part Number: B41752 CellaVision DM9600 Body Fluid Application, Part Number: CBF970099 Ancillaries: standard shipping and installation included Cost for equipment lease/rental (no-cost) is included with consumables Initial training (3 Users) and Annual Training (1 User), Factory Based, Included Consumables included with CPRR agreement (no-cost): Description Part/Item Number Est. Quantity FP, DXH Diluent, 10L 628017 1143 FP, DXH Cell Lyse, 5L 628019 56 FP, DXH DIFF Pack 628020 72 FP, DXH Retic Pack 628021 18 FP, DXH Cleaner, 10L 628023 45 FP, 6C Cell Control 12X 628027 48 FP, LATRON Control 628024 24 FP, Retic-X Cell Control 628028 24 FP, S CAL Calibrator 628026 4 Yearly Kit (Lamp + Filter) 100101105 1 CBC reagent volume based on estimated number of tests per day, 7 days per week, and 2 calibrations per year. Item# Equipment Services Description 0002 Maintenance Services for equipment in Line Item 0001; included with consumables Item# Description 0003 Customer to send in test counts and billed at [TBD] per CPRR. Estimated monthly billing based on 13800 CBCs with differential and 420 Retics. Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Consumables not included with CPRR agreement: Item# Description Part/Item Number Est. Quantity 0004 FP, BCI Wright Stain 4x2L A50831 15 0005 Wright Stain Buffer 7547180 22 0006 S/A, SMS Printer Cartridge A95702 2 0007 GLWR, Custom, 25x75x1 B01276 20 0008 QC Labels, 1 Roll (1000) XU1002301 1 0009 CellaVision Oil Pack 2x150 XU1013501 1 0010 Magazine Pack for DM1200 XU1013301 1 Location: South Texas Veterans Health Care System Audie Murphy VA Hospital 7400 Merton Minter Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78229-4404 Required delivery date: 7/1/2018. Options: Three (Period of Performance: 12 Months, Each) [TBD] The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a pricing agreement from Beckman Coulter, based on pricing from their VA NAC FSS. The requesting activity states the CPRR agreement is for hematology; required for the daily testing of patients for diseases. The sole source justification request submitted by the requesting activity stated that a sole source is required because the instruments must be connected to an automation line. 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 Beckman Coulter 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 8.405-6 Limited Sources. 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. Do not respond to this notice 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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