Zeiss Service

Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract/order to PROAIM Americas, LLC for procurement of Zeiss Service to work with Zeiss products. The projected awardee is an authorized distributor and service center of Zeiss products. Contractors shall provide: Base Plus 3 Option Year Zeiss Service Contract for Models listed below:

Manufacturer Model SN EE Zeiss IOLMASTER 700 1233195 179259 Zeiss IOLMASTER 700 1230045 171684 Zeiss KINEVO 900 6640122826 176590 Zeiss PENTERO 800 6641720787 / 208788 159145 Zeiss LUMERA 700 6634142313 109444 Zeiss LUMERA 700 6634121984 106840 Zeiss ARTEVO 800 6647502040 187289 Zeiss PENTERO 800 6641721469 188319 Zeiss SENSERA 6210101885 / 6628185519 122695 Zeiss SENSERA 6210101881 / 6628185515 122363 This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals.

A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit an authorized distribution letter for Zeiss products and a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, to matthew.lee5@va.gov which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government.

If no affirmative written response is received within 5 days from the publication of this notice, a contract/order will be issued to PROAIM Americas, LLC without any further notice. The proposed contract actions are for services, which the government intends to negotiate with only one source. The anticipated statutory authorities permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.5. The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a pricing agreement with PROAIM Americas, LLC.