65--MEDICATION DISPENSING UPGRADE

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Activity 16, intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to Omnicell Technologies Inc., 1101 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94303. This requirement is for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare (CAVHS), 4300 West 7th Street, Little Rock, AR 72205. NAICS 334118 applies. The proposed contract is for an upgrade from G3 to G4 medication dispensing system located in the Pharmacy Department. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available. However, any qualified vendor that determines it can meet the government's requirements may give written notification through e-mail to the Contracting Officer, [email protected], no later than March 27, 2017, 10 a.m., CST. No telephone responses will be accepted. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. A determination not to compete is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.