SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- EvoTech Endoscope Cleaner & Reprocessor System + Accessories
- Notice Date
- 3/29/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Contracting Section (90C);300 Veterans BLVD;Big Spring TX 79720
- ZIP Code
- 79720
- Solicitation Number
- VA-258-10-RQ-0076
- Response Due
- 4/2/2010
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2010
- Point of Contact
- Robert MillerContract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist Superviso
(robert.miller15@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veteran Affairs, West Texas VA Health Care System (WTXVAHCS), Big Spring, Texas 79720 intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Ethicon, Inc DBA Advanced Sterilization Products C/O Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc, 425 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855. This proposed contract action is for an EvoTech Endoscope Cleaner and Reprocessor (ECR) System and all accompanying parts and supplies. This system has been cleared by the FDA to eliminate labor-intensive manual cleaning of endoscopes. Ethicon, Inc is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of this product. The VA intends to procure this requirement on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no others supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES and no solicitations will be issued; however, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 3-days from date of the publication of this synopsis. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirements listed. Responses are due by April 1, 2010 at 3pm CST. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response 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. If no responses received, the WTXVAHCS will proceed with a sole source negotiation with Ethicon, Inc
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- Record
- SN02106038-W 20100331/100329235609-711468323672a323dc47d8f20c1871c1 (fbodaily.com)
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