36C242-25-AP-1625|528-25-2-4056-0019| 3 Month Bridge Contract Sole-Source Notice

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for quotes. The Department of Veterans Affairs Buffalo VAMC awarded a firm fixed price sole source Bridge contract to Name of Contractor:

HAUN SPECIALTY GASES, INC. Street Address:

5921 COURT STREET RD City, State, Zip: SYRACUSE NY 13206 The objective of this action is the procurement for:

Description: Buffalo and Batavia VA Hospitals are in the need of Medical gases, cylinder fills and cylinder rentals, this will be a short term, (3 month) bridge contract that will allow the VA to compete for a new 5 year contract. In the process of preparing the solicitation for a new long-term contract, the requesting service hit a delay.

While getting ready to post a solicitation, the contracting officer realized that the facility did not have a detailed itemized list of what containers were needed, this includes how many rentals they need per month, what sizes, how many fills they needed for both owned and rented containers. This information is of great importance to allow potential vendors the opportunity to provide a realistic quote based on the needs of the facilities