Pre-Solicitation Notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract for one Nikon 25x objective with NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC. 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, N.Y., 11747 for the Veterans Health Administration Boston Massachusetts. The applicable NAICS code is 333314. The PSC is 6650. The authority for this action is FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B): Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Specialist via email at [email protected] regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

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