# VISN 6 BioFire FilmArray Verification Kits. Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24624q0677 - Solicitation number: 36C24624Q0677 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Closed. Deadline was September 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 246-Network Contracting Office 6 (36C246) - NAICS: 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing - Product or service code: 6550 In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets - First posted: September 19, 2024 - Last posted: September 19, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b1ab0c3540044f43b894039b00d9d104/view ## Description Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement The Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, intends to negotiate a limited source contract under FAR (FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(B)), Only One Responsible Source for the supplies listed below. The vendor will be Biomerieux, Inc., 515 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. This is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation is available. Market research has determined that these services are highly specialized are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date of October 1, 2024, to Biomerieux, Inc., 515 Colorow Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. This is a Sole Source requirement to satisfy the minimum requirements for VISN 6. Product Name Product Number Quantity Joint Infection (JI) Panel RFIT-ASY-0138 66 Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel Verification Kit FLM1-ASY-0145 3 Joint Infection (JI) Panel Verification Kit 424181 3 Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel Verification Kit FLM1-ASY-0130 2 Pneumonia Panel (Pneumo) Verification Kit FLM1-ASY-0150 1 This announcement is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. If a firm believes it can meet the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer, LaToya Glover via e-mail at LaToya.Glover2@va.gov by Monday, September 23, 2024, 10:00AM (EST). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. ## Publications - September 19, 2024: Special notice, due September 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice b1ab0c3540044f43b894039b00d9d104. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b1ab0c3540044f43b894039b00d9d104/view ## Points of contact - LaToya Glover, Contract Specialist, LaToya.Glover2@va.gov, 910-488-2120 x-5823 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24624q0677.