6550--5-year IDIQ for Genome Reagents for existing ThermoFisher NGS platforms

LE: 65- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE SOL: 36C24221Q0197 DUE: 11/16/2020 SET ASIDE: None NAICS: 325413 POP STATE: 11/27/2020-10/30/2025 AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs James J. Peters Bronx VAMC; 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx NY 10468 Kendall N Jones Kendall.Jones@VA.GOV mailto: kendall.jones@va.gov DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO ThermoFisher- Life Technologies Corporation. The VA Bronx Healthcare System currently seeking to purchase reagents for Ion Genestudio S5 prime system for pathology and laboratory medicine testing under the terms of an Indefinite Delivery Quantity (IDIQ). Market research was conducted and determined that ThermoFisher- Life Technologies Corporation is the only vendor capable of providing supplies necessary that meet the requirements off the Pathology and Laboratory Service which must be compliant with Ion Genestudio S5 prime system. Changing the source of reagents would mean altering the validity of the results and would severely impact the capacity of the Pathology and Laboratory Service to perform its required functions up to the required standards. All items are manufactured exclusively by ThermoFisher- Life Technologies Corporation and also distributed by ThermoFisher- Life Technologies Corporation The vendor is required to deliver: Item Description Quantity/KITS 1 QUBIT RNA HS ASSAY KIT 500 KIT 8 2 QUBIT DSDNAHS ASSAY KIT 500 KIT 8 3 ION LIBRARY TQMN QUANTITATION KIT 16 4 ION 540 CHIP KIT 4 PACK EACH 40 5 ION 540 KIT-CHEF (2/INIT) 8 RXNS 16 6 SPERSCRIPT IV VILO MASTERMIX 50 RXNS 12 7 SSI VILO MASTERMIXSW/EZDNASE 50 RXNX 16 8 TAG SEQUENCING BC SET 1-24 1 BOX 16 9 MAGMAX FFPE RNA/DNA ULTRA KIT EACH 16 10 ONCOMINE COMPREHENSIVE CHEF COMBO KIT 16 11 ION 550 CHEF KIT 12 12 ION 550 CHIP KIT (8 PACK) 12 13 PAN CONCER CFTNA PANEL EACH 20 14 MAGMAX EXPRESS-96 DEEP WELL PLATE 16 15 MAGMAX EXPRESS-96 DEEP WELL TIP COMBS 16 16 KINGFISHER FLEX 24 DEEP WELL TIP COMB AND PLATE 16 17 Library preparation kit for sequencing (DNA/RNA) 8 18 ION 530 CHIP KIT 1 This Notice of Intent is not a request for Proposals or Quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The government may consider all Expressions of Interest received prior to November 16, 2020. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon 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. Responses to this notice must be emailed to kendall.jones@va.gov and received by 1300 hours EST on November 16, 2020. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.