Intent to Sole Source Notice-5 Year IDIQ for Chemistry, Immunochemistry, and Hematology Testing with Remisol Advanced Software Auto Verification Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center

Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 38 SUBJECT* Intent to Sole Source Notice-5 Year IDIQ for Chemistry, Immunochemistry, and Hematology Testing with Remisol Advanced Software Auto Verification Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center GENERAL INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 18711 SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24426Q0756 RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 07-08-2026 10:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA ARCHIVE 15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* 6630 NAICS CODE* 334516 CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 4 Services 5 1111 East End Boulevard Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 POINT OF CONTACT* Contract Specialist Christa Stine christa.stine@va.gov ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AGENCY’S URL URL DESCRIPTION AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS christa.stine@va.gov EMAIL DESCRIPTION -- 1 of 38 -- Special Notice Special Notice Page 2 of 38 DESCRIPTION INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO4) intends to sole source a contract for the instrumentation, reagents supplies and services to perform Clinical Laboratory Chemistry, Immunochemistry, Chemiluminescent and Hematology Testing on an automation line with auto-verification. All work is to be completed in accordance with the Statement of Work. This sole source contract will be solicited and negotiated with Beckman Coulter, LLC under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 – Single Source Justification. See attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard is 1,000 employees. Interested vendors that can meet this requirement, shall identify their interest and capability, and respond to this notice by 07/08/206 NLT 10:00 AM EST. Interested vendors must send a capability statement, no more than one page in length; to include Company Name, ueiSAM Number, Socioeconomic Category, brief description of your business entities capability to handle this project at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. This Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source is for planning purposes only. No solicitation will be made available. This is NOT a request for quotations. All information shall be provided at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be sent via email to the Contracting Specialist at christa.stine@va.gov. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon the responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, Contracting will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Beckman Coulter, Inc. -- 2 of 38 -- Page 1 of 38 STATEMENT OF WORK Clinical Laboratory Chemistry, Immunochemistry, Chemiluminescent and Hematology Instrumentation with Automation Line and Auto-verification DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK SCOPE OF PROCUREMENT: 1. The instrumentation shall have the capability of performing or reporting the clinical parameters as defined in the statement of work. The instrument shall have random access capability (if discrete testing is required) and be able to able to simultaneously perform the complete profile as described below to meet the performance characteristics for accuracy and precision as defined by the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). This request is for the instrumentation, reagents supplies and services to perform Clinical Laboratory Chemistry, Immunochemistry, Chemiluminescent and Hematology Testing on an automation line with auto-verification. 2. ORDERING METHOD: The participating facility may order products via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), telephone, Electronic mail or other written communication, identifying the products by number, quantity, purchase price, address for delivery, and any special instructions. 2.1.1. Equipment must maintain, or preferably reduce the number of workstations or overall labor required to accomplish the required testing by each laboratory. 2.1.1. Equipment should be acquired for Wilkes-Barre VAMC. Equipment must meet the volume and turnaround time requirements of Wilkes-Barre VAMC Lab. Typically routine hematology samples should be completed in under 20 minutes, routine chemistry in no more than 70 minutes and routine immunochemistry samples in 90 minutes. STATs are typically 60 minutes from receipt in lab to verification in lab computer. 2.1.2. The Contractor is required to provide a continuously stocked inventory of reagents, standards, controls, supplies, disposables and any other materials required to properly perform tests on the equipment such that equipment operations are not interrupted. These items shall be of the highest quality, sensitivity, specificity and tested to assure precision and accuracy. Sigma performance may be included to support test quality. Expiration date must be clearly marked on reagent, standards and control containers. Unexpected changes in methodology/technology shall be at the expense of the Contractor. -- 3 of 38 -- Page 2 of 38 Alert/Notification of any delays in shipment as well as any or all technical advisory/recalls/alerts, prior to or simultaneously with field alerts should be forwarded to the designated individuals determined at contract award. The Contractor shall provide a copy of all relevant permits/licenses and certifications inclusive of any sanctions current or pending throughout the United States of America. 2.1.3. Special handling for emergency orders of supplies: In the event that the supplies are found to be defective and unsuitable for use with the Contractor’s equipment, or the Contractor has failed to comply with the requirements for routine supply delivery, the Contractor is required to deliver the supplies within 24 hours of receipt of a verbal order for emergency delivery. If eithe…