Page 3 of 3 PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Avidity Science, LLC for providing preventive maintenance, repairs, verification, hardware, and calibrations for the Animal Watering System equipment. This procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13. The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) located in Little Rock, Arkansas has a requirement for a contractor to provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, hardware, facilities, transportation and supervision necessary to complete all work associated with performing preventive maintenance, repairs, verification, hardware, and calibrations on Animal Watering System equipment. Based on market research, it has been determined that Avidity Science, LLC is the only vendor capable of providing all labor, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation and supervision necessary to complete all work associated with performing preventive maintenance, repairs, verification, and calibrations on the Animal Watering System equipment in accordance with original equipment manufacturer requirements. This notice is being distributed solely through the General Services Administration's website at https://sam.gov . Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code (NAICS) is 33999, All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to the attention of Surella Tracy by email at
[email protected] , no later than Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 10:00am (Central Time). Only emailed responses will be considered. Information received will be utilized solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is at the sole discretion of the Government.