Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : Notice Of Intent To Sole Source - Cepheid Test Kits
Deadline : 11 Aug 2019
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 34635720
Document Ref. No. : 36C24419Q0908
Competition : ICB
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Contracting Office Address: Department Of Veterans Affairs
Network Contracting Office 4
Caroline Robinette
Contracting Officer
1010 Delafield Road
Pittsburgh
Pa 15215
Primary Point of Contact: Caroline L. Robinette,
Contracting Officer
USA
Tender Details
Notice of intent to sole source - cepheid test kits
Response Date : 2019-08-11
[Disclaimer : For this notice no specific deadline was given hence we have added 30 days from the date of posting to transfer the notice to archieve database. You are requested to consult the individual purchaser for exact deadline.]
Notice of intent to sole source
the corporate michael j. Crescenz va medical center, 3900 woodland avenue, philadelphia, pennsylvania has a requirement for brand name cepheid rapid test kits. The rapid test kits are used by the medical center to test patients for mrsa (methicillin-resistant stahpylococcus aureus), influenza, norovirus, c-difficile, trichomonas, and carbapenum resistance. Va has only located one vendor capable of providing cepheid rapid test kits and intends to issue a sole source contract to that vendor.
This notice is being posted so that any unknown vendors who are capable of providing these items may come forward and express their interest and capability in providing the cepheid test kits to va. If your company/organization is capable of providing the required items, provide your entity s capability statement to caroline robinette, contracting officer by 4:30 p.m. Monday, july 22, 2019 via email to caroline.robinette@va.gov. In addition to your capability statement also provide any applicable distribution agreements regarding cepheid test kits, the size and socioeconomic status of your company, and any other information pertinent to this requirement. Reference procurement id number 36c24419q0908 in the subject of the email.
***this is not a request for quote, no quotes should be sent in response to this notice.
Statement of need:
general scope: the contractor shall be responsible for providing all reagents and test kits needed to for perform testing. The contractor shall also provide service for the facility owned cepheid instrumentation utilized to perform the tests.
The test kits are required on an ongoing basis and the government intends to award a contract for a base year and one (1) option year. The total potential term of the contract will be for two (2) years.
The specific test kits and quantities required are as follows:
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Documents
Tender Notice