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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 UNICEL DXH 600, Benchtop, 90-120VAC, 50/60HZ, Part Number: B01795 Includes Workstation, UPS and Printer Ancillaries: standard shipping and installation included Cost for equipment lease/rental (no-cost) is included with consumables Initial training (2 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 190 FP, DXH Cell Lyse, 5L 628019 10 FP, DXH DIFF Pack 628020 13 FP, DXH Cleaner, 10L 628023 19 FP, 6C Cell Control 12X 628027 12 FP, LATRON Control 628024 12 FP, S CAL Calibrator 628026 2 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; Business Hours, Monday thru Friday, excluding holidays included with consumables (no-cost) Item# Description 0003 Customer shall provide test counts to contractor and billed at [TBD] per CPRR. Estimated monthly billing based on 2100 CBCs with differential and 0 Retics. Unit of Issue: MO, Quantity: 12 Location: South Texas Veterans Health Care System Kerrville VA Hospital 3600 Memorial Blvd. Kerrville, TX 78028-5768 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 stated that the same brand-named equipment is required at the Kerrville VA Hospital, as at the Audie Murphy VA Hospital, so that the reference ranges correlate. 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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