NOTICE OF INTENT The Contracting Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), San Diego, CA, 92134 intends to negotiate sole source procurement for a quantity of (4) TSCD Sterile Tubing Welder. The Government intends to solicit with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b), sole source justification is based on Terumo Medical CORP is the only manufacturer that provides welding integrity kits for the current Terumo equipment that Naval Medical Center San Diego are using at the Blood Bank. In addition, The TSCD Sterile Tubing Welder is the only vendor that offers welding integrity validation that satisfies the requirement by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an annual function check. This announcement is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone inquiries will not be honored; however, interested parties may submit literature detailing how their services meet the Government requirements to the Contracting Officer. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice will be solely at the discretion of the Government. A complete RFQ package (N00259-11-T-0334) will be available by downloading the documents at the NECO Website as follows: http:// www.neco.navy.mil. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 339112. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov

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