J--Simplex Fire Suppression Maintenance NOTICE OF INTENT: SOLE SOURCE

Due to the Urgent and Compelling need: The response date to the Notice of Intent is now 12/04/2017 @ 1200. Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to SimplexGrinnell for the following services: Fire Suppression Maintenance. Place of Performance: Temple & Waco VA Medical facilities: Olin E. Teague Veterans Medical Center 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, Texas 76504 Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 4800 Memorial Drive Waco, Texas 76711 Period of Performance: 1 Year from Time of Award The proposed sole source procurement is being made with SimplexGrinnell, based on pricing in their GSA Contract pricelist. This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice; however, any offers received may be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. All responsible sources may submit a response; which, if timely received, will be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received within 8 days from the publication of this notice, a task order will be issued to SimplexGrinnell without any further notice. The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304, as implemented by FAR 8.405-6 Limited Sources. Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration by 12/04/2017 @ 1200 CST.