The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center intends to issue a requirements contract, on a sole source basis, to Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems, 7 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 21152 for lease of a BD Affirm MicroProbe Processor, Lysis Block and Prgram Card and purchase of supplies for use with the processor. The supplies to be purchased include Affirm VPIII Microbial Identification test kits and ATTS Transport Systems. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source for the required services under authority of FAR 6.302-1, only responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by contacting the contracting Officer, Elizabeth Youse, at [email protected] by November 17, 2008. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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