# Pre-Solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source Research Equip - Critical Component Interface for System Controller - PHILA

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24e26q0096

- Solicitation number: 36C24E26Q0096
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: Rpo East (36C24E)
- NAICS: 423430 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Product or service code: AJ12 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Applied Research
- First posted: August 18, 2026
- Last posted: August 18, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cd8708976fbb45e481d5c916e43eee46/view

## Description

Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development (R&D), Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis for Avidity Science Component Interface consisting of:

- Serial to Ethernet Converter for connection of Automated Watering System Controller (AWSC) and Environmental Sentry Panel (ESP) to the Customer Provided Watchdog EX Local machine. - Watchdog EX® Local Software To be installed on customer's physical system server - Watchdog EX® Bridge Software To be hosted on customer's physical system. - Watchdog EXTM Local On-Boarding Assistance consisting of:

On-Boarding Assistance Consultative Approach - multiple touch points with customer after receipt of order and prior to migration to Watchdog EX to provide the following:

Verification of customer current configuration and provide opportunity to make any changes necessary in advance of final creation of the system configuration Pre-populate most used notification and monitoring templates Assurance for proper notifications to be in place at the end of Day 1 of start-up This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes.

However, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent service with the features described above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Monday, August 24 2026, 2:00 PM, MT. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your service meets the requirement may be sent to Robert.Dobson1@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government

## Publications

- August 18, 2026: Special notice, due August 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice cd8708976fbb45e481d5c916e43eee46. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cd8708976fbb45e481d5c916e43eee46/view

## Points of contact

- Robert D Dobson (Contractor), Robert Dobson, Robert.Dobson1@va.gov, 303-712-5728

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