Medical Equipment Move

The 502d Contracting Squadron intends to issue a sole source firm fixed priced purchase order to Hologic Limited Partnership to move cytology equipment from Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center to the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The justification for this procurement is that Hologic owns the equipment being moved from Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center to Brook Army Medical Center. As part of the medical consolidation of services required under BRAC, cytology is to be relocated to Brook Army Medical Center. The facility currently has 18 units used to provide Pap smear testing. The systems are provided for use as part of a reagent rental contract. The company requires the equipment be disassembled, moved and reassembled by a manufacture trained technician. There is not a company trained government employee available to perform the function. Hologic is the only source that will satisfy the government's requirement for relocation of the cytology equipment. Awarding the contract to another company will result in additional delays, only to be notified by the vendor that they cannot meet the manufactures requirement for a certified, trained technician. The statutory authority permitting other-than-full-and-open competition is 41 U.S.C., 253(c) (1): FAR 6.302-Only one responsible source at this time will satisfy agency requirements. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.