NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD NONCOMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT Requisition No.: 531-17-1-930-0003 Date of Notice: 04/24/2017 Contracting Officer: DIANA CURL Closing Date: 04/27/2017 This notice will appear for 3 days from above date. ****************************************************************************** Description of Supplies/Services: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Boise VA Medical Center (PVAMC), requires services, non personal, for a Phacoemulsifier laboratory maintenance service. The estimated length of this contract will be 1 year with 4 option years. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively to The REMI GRROUP IAW FAR 13.106-1(b) (1) (i). The authority for restricting competition on this procurement is under 41 U.S.C Code 1901, as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) for acquisitions of commercial items pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.5. The REMI Group is the only US lab that can perform this service. VA requirements specify that all reference laboratories used by VA labs must be US. The REMI GROUP is the only firm capable of providing a managed multi-OEM service agreement together with its proprietary we-based maintenance management application, Remi Online. Remi ensures proprietary equipment is serviced by qualified technicians under its maintenance program. Based on this market research, the government s technical experts determined that REMI is the only contractor that can meet the government s requirements. Due to the highly specialized nature of the services being acquired, The REMI Group is the only contractor capable of providing the services described above without the Veteran s Health Administration experiencing substantial duplication of cost and unacceptable delays that could not be expected to be recovered through competition. Other interested concerns having the ability to furnish these services shall submit a capabilities statement to the Contracting Officer no later than the closing date of this announcement. All submissions will be evaluated to determine if competitive opportunities exist. This is NOT an RFQ. This does represent the Government s only written notice of this procurement. All responsible sources may submit a response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency. The estimated/potential: $19,930.00 Place of Performance: Boise, ID *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** This notice and any resulting contract or order conforms to the requirements in place through FAC 05-91 (effective 30 September 2016). All questions regarding this procurement shall be in writing, and addressed to York Barrett at [email protected] no later than 4/27/2017.

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