J065-Service maintenance for VIIA 7 PCR AND QUANTSTUDIO (2) EQUIPMENT

Page 2 of 2 Notice of Intent is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. This Notice of Intent is for a proposed award of a sole source, firm-fixed price contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 8, intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract to Life Technologies Corporation dba Invitrogen for the ViiA7 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) System, Quantstudio 12K Flex OA, a