ATTN SARAH BALLENTINE Genexus 36C241-24-AP-0414 (VA-25-00000233)

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VISN1) hereby announces its intent to enter into a sole source award with FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C., 300 INDUSTRY DR, PITTSBURGH PA 15275 . This notice is not a request for quotes, but rather a notice of intent to conduct a sole source procurement in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(i); only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 325413, with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

Item # Part Number Description Qty per Year 1 A40263 GXS TEMPL STRIPS 3-GX5 AND 4 C 50 2 A40271 GENEXUS SEQUENCING KIT COMBO 50 3 A40269 ION GX5 CHIP AND GXS COUPLER K 50 4 448852 96-WELL HARD SHELL PLATE CLEAR 2 5 AB0626X ADHESIVE FOIL SEALS MICROP 4 6 A40257 GENEXUS BARCODES 1-96 AS COMBO 75 7 A40258 GENEXUS BARCODES 1-32 AS KIT 0 8 A40259 GENEXUS BARCODES 33-64 AS KIT 0 9 A40260 GENEXUS BARCODES 65-96 AS KIT 0 10 A40266 GENEXUS PIPETTE TIPS 12 RACK/9 80 11 A51307 SARS COV2 INSIGHT PANEL GX 32 175 12 A47561 Ion AmpliSeq Pharmacogenomics Panel 512 13 A40252 Ion Torrent Genexus Library Strips 1 ans 2-AS 25 14 A40262 Ion Torrent Genexus Primer Pool Tubes 8 15 Q33252 Qubit Flex Assay Tube Strips (125 Strips) 1 16 Q33253 Qubit Flex Reservoirs (100 reservoirs) 1 17 Q32851 Qubit dsDNA Quantitation, high sensitivity (100 assays) 1 18 95040450 KingFisher Plastics for 96 deep-well format (case of 50) 20 19 97002534 KingFisher 96 tip comb for deep-well magnets (case of 100) 3 20 97002540 KingFisher Plastics for 96 standard and PCR formats (case of 48) 6 21 A36570 MagMAX DNA Multi-Sample Ultra 2.0 Kit (100 samples) 1 22 A45540 Genexus Multi-Sample DNA Purification Kit (48 samples) 1 23 339650 Conical tubes, 15 ml 1 24 339652 Conical tubes, 50 ml 1 25 170368N Serological pipets, 25 ml 1 26 170369N Serological pipets, 50 ml 1 27 J75793-AE Low TE Buffer 5 28 A42363 Proteinase K 2 29 3449PK DNA LoBind tubes, 0.6 ml 5 30 A40275 Conical bottles 1 31 A40302 Filters 1 32 A48310 MagMAX Viral Pathogen 2 33 A57775 Dnase/Rnase free water 10 Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. is the only contractor that can provide the Next Generation Genexus Sequencing reagents and supplies which is specialized and there is only one manufacturer who is the sole source distributor, this acquisition will not be competed.

Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to Contracting Opportunities SAM.gov. Interested parties may identify their interests and capabilities by responding to this requirement by the due date listed on this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. 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 this proposed award upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided. This procurement is subject to prohibitions in VAAR 852.212-71 Gray Market Items and in 852.212-72 Gray Market and Counterfeit Items.

The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist by email at Sarah.Ballentine@va.gov 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.