66--General Use Laboratory Supplies

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center (NAC), Hines, Illinois, intends to issue a solicitation for General Use Laboratory Supplies for Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Facilities located throughout the 48 States, District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Contracts awarded shall be Indefinite Delivery, Requirements contracts with aggregate group awards as defined in the solicitation. Contract period will be one year with four (4) one-year options. The Contractors shall provide the laboratory items and chemicals specified in the contracts directly to any VA medical facility throughout the United States and Puerto Rico at the prices awarded herein and under the terms and conditions set forth in the contracts. Individual VA medical centers shall issue delivery orders to the contractors which shall indicate the specific items ordered, item quantities, all necessary delivery information and payment procedures. Items are listed in three (3) aggregate groups. Aggregate group one contains Biohazard Wipes and Laboratory Instrument wipes of various sizes and types. Aggregate group two contains Laboratory Glassware/Plasticware, including Tissue Cassettes, Microscope Slides, Microscope Slide Cover Glass, Transfer Pipettes, Pipet Tips and Test Tubes of various sizes and types. Aggregate group three contains Laboratory Chemicals including Acetic Acid, Reagent Grade Acetone and Buffered Formalin Solution of different sizes and types. Contractor must be capable of providing all of the listed items within an aggregate group, must be capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of all items, and must be capable of delivering to any VA medical facility in accordance with the terms and conditions of the solicitation. The NAICS code for this procurement is 432450. The solicitation, any future amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be available electronically for download at www.fbo.gov on or about June 7, 2006 with offers due by Close of Business July 6, 2006. No ! paper co pies of the solicitation will be available, and no telephone requests for paper copies of the solicitation will be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer that if timely received, will be considered. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check www.fbo.gov for any changes to this solicitation. The point of contact for this procurement is Timothy Richards at (708) 786-4959. Questions can be emailed to: [email protected].