The Department of Veterans Affairs located at 1639 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 400, Murfreesboro, TN 37129, NCO 9 intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Cepheid, 904 Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 for Preventative maintenance services on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare VA Medical Facilities, Engineering Department. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219. Cepheid is the OEM of parts and no other supplier/reseller can perform work on the equipment. The contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed price contract for one base period with four renewal year options. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. 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. Therefore, responses from other than the above sources may identify their interest and capabilities to perform the requirement by submitting it in writing via email to
[email protected] no later than September 5, 2018 by 9:00 AM Central Standard Time. The Government will not pay for any information submitted by respondents because of this notice of intent.