Special Notice Request for Information Only The Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle, WA is looking for certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and/or certified Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) sources capable of providing the microbiology testing media products listed below for the Seattle Division Microbiology Department. Product Name Product Name ACRIDINE ORANGEBACTIDROP DROPPER MITSUBISHI, PLASTIC CLEAR BAGS (for anaerobes), PACKAGE OF 20 BA/MAC biplate, 100/pk MITSUBISHI, POUCH-ANAERO, BOX OF 20 SACHETS (small pouches) Bacteroides Bile Esculin (BBE) agar, 10/pk MITSUBISHI, POUCH-MICROAERO (GAS GENERATORS for Campy) (small pouches) Bacteroides ovatus ATCC® BAA1296 MOTILITY MEDIA NO INDICATOR BACTIDROPOXIDASE MOTILITY MEDIA W/TTC BACTIDROPSPOT INDOLE MRVP BROTH (20 PACK) BHI 5% FILDES MUELLER HINTON 100MM (10 PACK) BHI AGAR WITH CHLORAMPHENICOL, CYCLOHEXIMIDE MUELLER HINTON 100MM WITH BLOOD 10 PACK BHI agar with SB MUELLER HINTON 150MM (10 PACK) BHI BROTH 5 ML MUELLER HINTON 150MM WITH BLOOD (10 PACK) BLOOD AGAR TUBED MEDIA 15X103 MM 100 tubes MUELLER HINTON AGAR + 2% NACL, PACKAGE/10 PLATES Brain Heart CC Agar NINHYDRIN REAGENT BRUCELLA 5% SB NITRATE A REAGENT Calcofluor White Stain Kit NITRATE B REAGENT CAMPY CVA MEDIUM OF Medium w/1% Dextrose (Hugh-Liefson) Candida glabrata ATCC MYA2950 ONPG BROTH CASEIN AGAR TUBES Paenibacillus polymyxa ATCC® 7070 CHOC THAYER MARTIN BIPLATE (10 PACK) Parabacteroides distasonis ATCC® BAA1295 CHOCOLATE AGAR TUBED MEDIA 15X103 MM 100 tubes PathoDx Strep Grouping Positive Control Chocolate agar, 100/pk PATHODX, DISPOSABLE SLIDE Clostridium septicum ATCC® 12464 PATHODX, EXTRACTION REAGENT 1 CNA COLUMBIA CNA + 5% SHEEP BLOOD AGAR PLATE (30 PK/WK) PATHODX, EXTRACTION REAGENT 2 Columbia blood agar, 100/pk PATHODX, EXTRACTION REAGENT 3 CORNMEAL AGAR WITH POLYSORBATE 80 (TWEEN 80) PLATES PATHODX, STREP A LATEX Cryptococcus Antigen Test Kit PATHODX, STREP B LATEX DECARBOXYLASE BROTH ARGININE PATHODX, STREP C LATEX DECARBOXYLASE BROTH LYSINE, PG/20 TUBES PATHODX, STREP F LATEX DECARBOXYLASE BROTH MOELLER BASE CONTROL, PG PATHODX, STREP G LATEX DECARBOXYLASE BROTH ORNITHINE, PG PBP2 latex aggutination test kit, 50 tests /kit DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, CATARRHALIS TEST DISK PEA BLOOD AGAR (100 PACK) DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, LAP PEPTONE YEAST GLUCOSE, 20/PK DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, MICRODASE PETRI DISHES 15 X 100 (500) DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, PRODISK (C. DIFFICILE) POTATO FLAKE AGAR SLANT DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, PYRDISC Rabbit blood defibrinated DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, SPS RAPID ANA ID, SPOT INDOLE (14526) DISK, DIFFERENTIATION, UREA/PDA RAPID ANAEROBIC I.D. STRIP II (21233) DTM SLANTS RAPID ID, INOCULATION FLUID (12461) ERLICH'S INDOLE REAGENT RAPID TREHALOSE ASSIMILATION BROTH, 20 TUBES/PKG FERRIC CHLORIDE Sabourad plates, 10/pk HEART INFUSION BROTH ARABINOSE 20 PACK SABOUROUD SLANTS HEART INFUSION BROTH, SUCROSE SEAL, SHRINK HEKTOEN Sheep blood defibrinated HTM (HAEMOPHILUS TEST MEDIUM) SIMMON CITRATE (100PK) INHIBITORY MOLD AG (IMA) SLIDE, AFB CONTROL; 10 SLIDES/BOX KINYOUN AFB STAIN KIT STAPHAUREX KIT KINYOUN ZEIHLNEELSEN METHYLENE BLUE COUNTERSTAIN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE LATEX SLIDE TEST research only KOVAC'S REAGENT Thioglycollate Medium w/Dextrose, Hemin, Vitamin K LACTOPHENOL ANILINE BLUE for staining fungal elements TRICHOPHYTON AGAR #1 (20 PACK) LEGIONELLA PLATE, BCYE TRICHOPHYTON AGAR #2 (20 PACK LEGIONELLA PLATE, BCYE SELECTIVE AGAR & PAC TRICHOPHYTON AGAR #3 (20 PACK) LEGIONELLA PLATE, BCYE SELECTIVE AGAR & PAV TRICHOPHYTON AGAR #4 (20 PACK) LYSINE IRONE AGAR (LIA) Triple Sugar Iron Agar (16 x 125 mm Tube) M4 w/glass beads; 3mL/Tube; 12 tubes/pack (VTM) TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH MacConkey Agar, 100/pk TSA TUBED MEDIA 15X103MM 100 tubes MACCONKEY WITH SORBITOL TSA WITH BLOOD 10 PACK MANITOL SALT PLATES TSB with 6% NaCl MCFARLAND STANDARD SET TYROSEIN AGAR PLATE Methyl Red Reagent Urea Agar Slants (100/case) MIDDLEBROOKS 7H11 AGAR, DOUBLE POUR, 10/PACKAGE XANTHINE AGAR PLATE MITSUBISHI, PACK-ANAERO, 20 ENVELOPES/PACKAGE (large pouches) XYLOSE 1% OF MEDIUM MITSUBISHI, PACK-MICROAERO (GAS GENERATORS for Campy) (large pouches) ZEIHLNEELSEN CARBOLFUCHSIN This is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any firm that believes it can meet these requirements and is a VIP certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and/or certified Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) vendor may give written notification to the Contracting Officer. Responses are due by 4:00 pm PST on Friday, March 9, 2018. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Only authorized representatives of the manufacturer will be considered. In accordance with FAR and VAAR Part 8, this notice document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-88, 15 Jun 2016. The North America Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 325413. Business Size Standard is 1,250 Employees. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs NCO 20 Acquisitions 1495 Wilmington Drive Suite 360 DuPont, WA 98327 Point of Contact(s): Laura Davis Contract Specialist 253.888.4920 [email protected]

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