596-24-3-9678-0167 -SciREQ - flexiVent/596 Research Waters

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 09, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a brand name only sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order for the supplies and services listed below to SCIREQ Scientific Respiratory Equipment, Inc., of Montreal, QC, Canada. The anticipated statutory authority for limiting competition is FAR13.106-1(b) only one source is capable of providing supplies required at the level of quality required because the supplies are unique or highly specialized.

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334516 - ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING SBSS: 1000 employees PSC: 6640 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES This Notice of Intent is not a solicitation nor is it a request for competitive quotes. However, any capability statements received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. Any responses must indicate Buy American Act Compliance and be exact match to the characteristics listed below.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no written response is received by the closing date of this notice, a sole source award will be made to Melling Medical without any further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any prospective vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award. Capability statements shall be submitted by email to Douglas Huddy at douglas.huddy@va.gov and are due no later than the dated indicated above at 10:00 AM CT. Phone calls will not be accepted.

ITEMS: flexiVent FX Complete System Solution Module 2 (15-85g), North America FX-M2-NACS flexiVent FX Mice Subject Bed FX-SB flexiVent FX Aerosol Kit Fine Mist (2.50-4um) FX-AN-FP flexiVent FX EKG Kit FX-VS-EKGK On-site Installation and Training CS-IT The flexiVent achieves the highest sensitivity and reproducibility by precisely controlling experiment conditions. This piece of equipment is vital for the completion of work on this funded research grant.