NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO LOMBART INSTRUMENT

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract to Lombart Instrument to provide supplies and services. Supply items are (1) 7 each Heine Omega 180 binocular indirect ophthalmascope; (2) 7 each Heine EN-30 indirect wall transformer with extension cable; (3) 2 each Heine indirect Accubox II with battery and transformer; and (4) 1 each Heine video Omega 2C complete set with accessories. The services are equipment loaner service, repair service, video calibration service, and installation service. The supplies and services are for Naval Hospital, Marine Corps Base, CA 92055 under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Lombart Instrument address is 5358 Robin Hood road, Norfolk, VA 23513-2407, and dollar value of the award is $21,109.95. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs), proposals or quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the ba! sis of EOIs, proposals or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The Government will be the sole determiner regarding an offeror’s ability to meet all requirements. The government will consider all EOIs received prior to 3 days after date of publication of this synopsis before 1200 PST on that date. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. EOIs sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be mailed to Regional Contrac! ting Office, SW, P. O. Box 1609, Oceanside, CA 92051-1609. EOIs sent via Federal Express or hand carried must be delivered to Regional Contracting Office, SW, Bldg. 22180, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055 during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EOIs may be submitted via facsimile to Attn: Pok-Su Determan at (760) 725-8445. The facsimile transmission must clearly identify this notice and the name of the contracting officer on the first page. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on time and should allow a reasonable time for facsimile transmissions to be completed. All pages of the transmission must reach the office before the deadline specified and pages of a facsimile transmission that arrive in the office after the specified deadline will not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of facsimile transmissions and should confirm by telephone that any f! acsimile was received. This purchase will be under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized under FAR 6.302-1. The anticipated award date is 13 September 2004. Point of contact for this purchase is Pok-Su Determan at (760) 725-8127.