SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Preventive Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Acquisition & Materiel Management;Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center;2002 Holcombe BLVD;Houston TX 77030 4298
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- VA25611RQ0734
- Response Due
- 8/26/2011
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kever L Swafford
- E-Mail Address
-
1-1414<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 8.404) with The Nomos Corporation, 1 Best Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa 1502-1706 as the only responsible source that can provide preventive maintenance and software for a Nomo Batcam Model Ntrack. Nomos Corporation is the sole reseller and proprietary manufacturer of Batcam Ntrack. No other vendor can provide this product and qualified preventive maintenance except the manufacturer Nomos. The Nomos Batcam is used in by DTCL to provide enhanced imaging for lumpectomy cavities, prostate brachytherapy and prostate volume studies. This service contract is necessary to ensure continuous uptime and all necessary updates to the system. There is no in-house training for this equipment and so this contract must be in place to ensure that our veterans continue to be diagnosed with the highest quality and most up to date equipment. The Nomos Batcam equipment is proprietary and cannot be maintained by another company. A web search was done to see if other ultrasound companies could maintain the Nomos Batcam and none were found This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 334519 with a Small Business Size Standard of 500 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same product. All capability statements received by closing of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. 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.
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