# Replace Emergency Lighting Batteries

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25025p0173

- Solicitation number: 36C25025P0173
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Trystar, LLC
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 250-Network Contract Office 10 (36C250)
- NAICS: 335311 Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6150 Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment
- County: Rice County (FIPS 27131). https://abierto.us/counties/rice-county-mn-27131
- City: Faribault. https://abierto.us/cities/faribault-mn-2720546
- First posted: October 31, 2024
- Last posted: October 31, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53131c0fc9c54288abe17b4c40c24b57/view

## Description

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Requirement The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Healthcare System, NCO 10 intends to negotiate a sole source delivery order under FAR Part 13. The VA Medical Center in Battle Creek, MI will be purchasing Emergency Lighting Batteries, as a Sole Source procurement.

The purchase will include the following items: Quantity Part Number Description 26 Each 115776 BAT, CSB XPL8000FT Job SVC-SCL Labor - Service call Freight This specific equipment is needed for the following reasons: This Brand Name Only equipment, CSB XPL8000FT, is the only model that will work with the current Emergency Lighting System.

This system is proprietary, and ALL items can only be provided by the OEM; utilizing any other brand of equipment will nullify all warranties and CSB s guarantee of proper operation of their equipment. The risk of disfunction and damage to the existing equipment will put patients at risk of not receiving quality care at the VA facility.

The associated NAICS code for this procurement is 335311. The vendor will be Trystar, LLC, 15765 Acorn Trail, Faribault, MN 55021. A firm fixed price Delivery Order with no option years is anticipated and shall be awarded. It is the Government's belief that only the proposed candidate possesses the required capabilities to successfully meet this requirement. It is the Government's intention to solicit and negotiate with only this source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.

It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Email responses must be received no later than 09:00 am on Monday, November 1, 2024. No phone calls will be accepted with this notice. Percy Johnson Contracting Officer percy.johnson2@va.gov

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Trystar, LLC (UEI YQQGLM79NV29)
- Contract: 36C25025P0173, purchase order
- Obligated: $23,515.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C25025P0173 was reused as the contract number; same awarding office 36C250 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C25025P0173_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- October 31, 2024: Special notice, due November 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM EST. Notice 53131c0fc9c54288abe17b4c40c24b57. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53131c0fc9c54288abe17b4c40c24b57/view

## Points of contact

- Percy Johnson, Contracting Officer, percy.johnson2@va.gov, Phone inquiries will not be accepted

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