Courier Specimen Transport Services

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21, located at 6900 North Pecos Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89084 is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform industry contractors of the Government s intent to execute a Sole Source Award under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). This is an intent to sole source notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.

This announcement constitutes the only notice of intent to sole source and synopsis of the proposed action. Based on Government needs, to include the allowance of time for the restructuring of staff and requirements, the Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21 intends to negotiate/award a sole-source contract to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO for a Base year plus two option years.

At the conclusion of this period, it is anticipated that this requirement will be solicited on a full and open competitive basis. 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. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is, 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services.

Product of Service Code for this requirement is R602-Support-Administrative: Courier/Messenger. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is $19.0 Million. This notice of intent is neither a formal solicitation nor a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No award will be made on the basis of unsolicited quotations or offers received in response to this notice.

Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. The intent of this synopsis is for informational purposes only. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing via e-mail to James Postell at James.Postell@va.gov . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.