INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FAR 13.106(B) This is a notice of intent of The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1702 to negotiate sole source with NANOSPHERE, INC. 4088 COMMERCIAL AVE NORTHBROOK, IL, 60062-1829 for supplying The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, with: ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION QUANTITY 1 Verigene Reader, benchtop 1 EA 2 Verigene Processor, benchtop 1 EA This requirement is to allow the Cleveland VAMC's Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service to rapidly identify the above mentioned microorganisms that commonly cause disease in the human blood bloodstream and is required for proper treatment and monitoring of acutely ill patients and reduce the time required to obtain results. The equipment must utilize Nucleic Acid Amplification based testing (NAAT). laboratory equipment to test for common microorganisms found in blood cultures to include: Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Listeria spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus anginosus group, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus faecium. In addition, the assay should be capable of detecting the presence of mecA if S. aureus or S. epidermidis or both are present and vanA and vanB (vanA/B) if E. faecium and E. faecalis or both are detected. The method should be a Nucleic Acid Amplification based test (NAAT) that does not require separate working spaces due to open manipulation of amplicons. The system should offer random access testing with minimal hands-on time and reagent manipulation so the technology can be easily incorporated in the daily initial work up of blood cultures during all shifts. The instrument should be able to perform testing in less than 3 hours so that therapeutic decisions can be made promptly. The system will provide automated DNA extraction and totally automated testing. The Government believes that only one business can satisfy the agency requirements and intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106(b) - access to proprietary information. Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by Friday 5 September, 2014 at 5PM EST. Such capabilities information will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation is available at this time. All inquiries must be submitted by email to Christopher Callihan at [email protected]

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