65--Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award Hemo Dialysis Supplies Baxter Healthcare

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT Under authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c )(1), the VA Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Region (VISN6) Centralized Acquisition Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs intends to issue a sole source award to Baxter Healthcare of Deerfield, Illinois. The estimated amount of this award is $471,471.96. The award is to provide hemodialysis supplies to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. The government plans to solicit and make an award for this requirement to only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1). This is not a request for competitive proposals. Solicitation packages are not available. Responses received in relation to this notice will be reviewed; however, ultimate determination regarding this sole source procurement requirement rests with the Contracting Officer. Responses must be received by 14 December 2009. Information regarding this notice may be requested from the Contracting Officer, Tiffany Koogler, in writing to the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 6 Centralized Acquisitions, 201 Hay Street, Suite 304, Fayetteville, NC 28301 or emailed to [email protected].