RESEARCH JESS SYSTEM SERVCIE AGREEMENT

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE Â The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 6, intends to award a single purchase sole-source contract to ProteinSimple for services to be performed at the Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Research Department in Richmond, Virginia. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a size standard of 1,000 Employees. Description of services:

01: The work expected on the service agreement should include a scheduled preventative maintenance visit by a manufacturer-certified field technician and access to (via phone and email) customer service representatives for remote troubleshooting or to schedule a dispatched field technician when necessary. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES and no Solicitation will be issued.

The justification for this noncompetitive solicitation is due to ProteinSimple being the sole company capable of providing a suite of cryoablation services which includes technicians, equipment, and the required disposables. Market research has determined that this service is highly specialized and only available from a single source.

The Government intends to award the contract with an effective date of 05 July 20245to ProteinSimple 614 McKinley Place NE Minneapolis, MN 55413. However, interested parties may identify their skill and ability by sending capability statements about this requirement to the contracting Officer within three (3) calendar days of this publication by contacting Gordon Burns via e-mail gordon.burns@va.gov. 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 because of this synopsis. This synopsis shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services.