65--Notice of Intent to Sole Source ASNIS VARIAX Surgical Implant Components

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, 10701 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106-1702 intends to award IAW FAR Subpart 6.302-1 a sole source contract to Howmedica Osteonics, Inc. (DBA Stryker Orthopaedics), 325 Corporate Dr, Mahwah, NJ 07430 - 2006 for the purchase of the following ASNIS VARIAX prosthetic surgical components: Asnis 5.0, Asnis 6.5_8.0, V2 Dedicated Foot, Micro Asnis, Asnis 4.0, Asnis 4.0 Consigned, Asnis 5.0 Consigned, Asnis Micro Consigned, Asnis 6.5_8.0 Consigned. Please see attached for complete list of components. The applicable NAICS Code is 339113, and the size standard is 750 employees. Interested persons may identify their interest and/or capability by responding to this notice. This notice of intent is not a request for quotation or a solicitation of offers, and there is no solicitation available. However, all responses received by 11:00am EST 7/26/2017 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement upon receipt of responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.