DOCUMENT
Q -- Notice of Intent to make a sole source award to Fisher Scientific Company to provide agar for MRSA testing. - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2013
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Contracting Officer (90C);Department of Veterans Affairs;Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center;109 Bee Street;Charleston SC 29403-5799
- ZIP Code
- 29403-5799
- Solicitation Number
- VA24713Q1118
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Janica Francis_Hunter
- E-Mail Address
-
lly
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 7, intends to negotiate a five (5) year sole-source contract with Fisher Scientific Company, 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77038-2499 on or around October 1, 2013 to provide agar for MRSA testing. The contract is established for the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (113) at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC for selected microbiology clinical lab procedures, provided by a selected entity in accordance with Title 38 US Code (U.S.C.) 8153. The vendor is Fisher Healthcare, Houston, TX 77251. Fisher Scientific Company d/b/a Fisher Healthcare has previously provided the agar to the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC. The lab procedures performed with this agar have benefitted the Veterans at the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC with quality diagnostic care. This contract provides diagnostic procedures not available by other vendors as microbiology procedures, and has proved successful in accommodating our Veteran's clinical needs. The Contractor possesses unique qualifications that require the use of the authority below. Vendor provides quality agar for the screening of MRSA. The vendor provide agar that allows for the testing of patients to determine if a patient has acquired MRSA while in the hospital setting to determine the prevalence of hospital-acquired MRSA. This aids in the prevention and spread of MRSA throughout the hospital setting. NAICS Code: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing This proposed procurement is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than August 2, 2013, 4 p.m. EDT. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Point of Contact: Janica Francis-Hunter, Contract Specialist (Fax: 843-789-6575; e-mail: Janica.Francis@va.gov)
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/ChaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24713Q1118/listing.html)
- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA247-13-Q-1118 VA247-13-Q-1118.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=896171&FileName=VA247-13-Q-1118-000.docx)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=896171&FileName=VA247-13-Q-1118-000.docx
- Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
- File Name: VA247-13-Q-1118 VA247-13-Q-1118.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=896171&FileName=VA247-13-Q-1118-000.docx)
- Record
- SN03127517-W 20130727/130725235823-10f674b73ee4c4b7989150178fe87dd1 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |