Notice of Intent to Sole Source Assurance Elite Service Plan

Notice of Intent to Sole Source The Defense Health Agency intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting from a single source. The proposed source is ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. This is a Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract and is not a request for competitive quotes.

Reference#: HT941025N0037. The Defense Healthcare Contracting Division – West (HCD – W) Naval Hospital San Diego, intends to award a firm fixed price contract under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one source being available to meet the Government’s needs, to:

Abbott Laboratories Inc. 3200 Lakeside DR Santa Clara, California 95054-2807, United States The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811210 – Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance; the business size standard is 34 (millions of dollars). The Product Service Code (PSC) is J065 – Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of equipment – Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies.

Naval Medical Center San Diego requesting to establish a service/maintenance contract for the electrophysiology equipment located in the Cardiac Cath Lab. The equipment is used to assist during electrophysiology procedures in which assist with cardiac mapping, intracardiac imaging, and electrical pulsation of the heart. Abbott is the only vendor capable of providing the configuration required for the existing equipment since vendor is the original manufacturer-Able to provide configuration and repairs needed.

The service requirement is for base plus two (2) option years. The objective of this sole source award is to procure service maintenance ASSURANCE ELITE SERVICE PLAN. Upon evaluation ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC, was the only market option found to be capable of meeting the Government minimum requirement. The requirements will be as follows:

BASE YEAR CLIN 0001: ASSURANCE ELITE SERVICE PLAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Quantity:

1 Job Price:

POP: 17 FEB 2025 – 16 FEB 2026 OPTION YEAR 1 CLIN 1002: ASSURANCE ELITE SERVICE PLAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Quantity:

1 Job Price:

POP: 17 FEB 2026 – 16 FEB 2027 OPTION YEAR 2 CLIN 2001: ASSURANCE ELITE SERVICE PLAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Quantity:

1 Job Price:

POP: 17 FEB 2027 – 16 FEB 2028 Based on market research, Abbott Laboratories Inc., is the only source that can meet the Government’s minimum requirements for this requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competition proposals and no solicitation documents exists for the requirement.

Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information, in sufficient details and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the required work and are able to provide valid certification to provide service validated by ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC. Capability statement shall not exceed 6 (8.5 x 1inch) pages using a font size no smaller that 0-point.

All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that can only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on response 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 or to proceed with a sole source purchase order. Capability statements are due by 0800 Pacific Daylight Time, 12 February 2025. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address to:

Jojie N. Urrete @ Jojie.n.urrete.civ@health.mil. No phone calls will be accepted.