The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a Sole Source, Firm Fixed Price Order for the purchase of commercially available off the shelf item (COTS) from Alliant Healthcare Products, a service disabled veteran owned small business. The purchase is for an Olympus Endoscopic Tower and Accessories for the Pine Ridge IHS Hospital in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based upon the market research provided by program and GPA personnel.. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security. The determination not to compete this action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by resopnding to this notice. This NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent are to be directed to Contract Specialist, Susan K. Davis, at
[email protected] via e-mail only (phone calls/voice messages regarding questions wil not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Questions Submission - IHS1447049 - Pine RIdge Endoscope Tower.