# NOI SS: Cepheid GeneXpert Infinity 80-80 Sys. Reagents/Lease

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25626q0023

- Solicitation number: 36C25626Q0023
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 256-Network Contract Office 16 (36C256)
- NAICS: 325413 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6550 In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets
- First posted: September 26, 2025
- Last posted: September 26, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dd5c2ec4cf7b483090cf7f48dae06bb5/view

## Description

This is a Special Notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. This announcement constitutes the only Notice of Intent (NOI) to Sole Source (SS) and synopsis of proposed action.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 intends to issue and award a Sole Source single award Firm-Fixed Price type contract with a performance period of one (1) year plus four (4) option years to Cepheid located at 904, East Caribbean Drive Sunnyvale, California 94089-1189, for GeneXpert Infinity 80-80 System Reagents / Lease at the MEDVAMC, located at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. Based on our initial market research and due to proprietary concerns, we have found that only one reputable source can provide the GeneXpert Infinity 80-80 System Reagents / Lease listed below.

The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price single award contract. The statutory authority for applying the Simplified Procedures for Commercial Items of FAR 13.5 is 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and is implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) for restricting competition on this procurement. Competition is restricted on this procurement for only one responsible source, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 325413, with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees, and the FSC/PSC is 6550. See attached announcement, Thank you.

## Publications

- September 26, 2025: Special notice, due October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice dd5c2ec4cf7b483090cf7f48dae06bb5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dd5c2ec4cf7b483090cf7f48dae06bb5/view

## Points of contact

- Shasta Britt, Contract Specialist, shasta.britt@va.gov, 713-794-8609

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