# Carl Zeiss Eye Equipment Maintenance Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25726q0386 - Solicitation number: 36C25726Q0386 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Awarded to Proaim Americas, LLC - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: 257-Network Contract Office 17 (36C257) - NAICS: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance - Product or service code: J065 Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment: Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies - County: Lubbock County (FIPS 48303). https://abierto.us/counties/lubbock-county-tx-48303 - City: Lubbock. https://abierto.us/cities/lubbock-tx-4845000 - First posted: March 23, 2026 - Last posted: March 23, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b4515db7390b497bb86d695159f71d55/view ## Description Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, for the Thomas E. Creek Amarillo VA Healthcare System, Lubbock Outpatient Eye Clinic, Lubbock Texas 79415, intends to issue a sole source award to Proaim Americas LLC, 16024 Manchester Rd. STE 200, St Louis, MO, 63011. The procurement action requires the contractor to provide a full-service contract for the Analyzers in the Eye Clinic. This service contract will include unlimited repairs, parts, software updates, associated devices, unlimited labor, and travel, and perform preventive maintenance in accordance with manufacturer recommendations during the hours of 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. All service work performed is to be done by a Zeiss trained service engineer due to proprietary software and passwords. EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION Lumera 700 OPMI Rescan S/N 6634540503 Lumera 700 Microscope S/N 6634144629 HFA3 860 S/N 860-17436 IOL Master 700 S/N 1240564 HFA 3 860 S/N 860-19861 Cirrus 5000 Angio 5000-20870 The VA intends to solicit a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 13.501(a). The VA anticipates awarding a contract on or about April 3, 2026. The projected period of performance for the base year will be from April 3, 2026, through April 2, 2027, with four 12-month option periods. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance which has Business Size Standard of $30M. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with FAR 5.207 (c) (16) (ii), all responsible sources that feel they can fulfill this requirement may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the VA. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, and include: SAM UEI Number, and the Taxpayer Identification Number, along with documentation that the vendor is an authorized service provider of the equipment listed. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov. Interested Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must be listed as verified on the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database located at www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/ in order to receive contract awards under the Veterans First Contracting Program. A determination by the VA not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the VA. In addition, the information received because of this notice of intent will be retained as market research only. If no affirmative written response is received by the response date and time, a sole source contract will be awarded to Proaim Americas, LLC, 16024 Manchester Rd. STE 200, St. Louis, MO, 63011 without any further notice. All interested parties must submit information directly to Tammy.Wilson5@va.gov no later than March 26, 2026 by 10:00 A.M., CST. Please ensure that emails include solicitation number 36C25726Q0386 in the subject line. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Proaim Americas, LLC (UEI KECHQ6LN3HN7) - Contract: 36C25726P0394, purchase order - Obligated: $42,142.05, current value $168,568 - Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C25726Q0386 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C257 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C25726P0394_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - March 23, 2026: Special notice, due March 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice b4515db7390b497bb86d695159f71d55. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b4515db7390b497bb86d695159f71d55/view ## Points of contact - Tammy L Wilson, Contract Specialist, Tammy.wilson5@va.gov, 254-661-5372 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c25726q0386.