OFFICIAL NOTICE CONTENT
Opportunity description
Purpose: The Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 located at 5075 Westheimer Road, Galleria Financial Center, Suite 750, Houston, Texas, hereby issues the following Sources Sought to Request Information (RFI) with the intent of determining the contractor interest, capabilities, qualifications of potential businesses, nonmanufacturer rule compliance, Buy American Act compliance, Trade Agreement compliance and estimated industry pricing information for market research and estimated budgetary purpose for preventive and full remedial maintenance for government-owned Omnicell pharmaceutical Dispensing Systems. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with one base and two one-year options to Omnicell, Inc. 590 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 for the purpose of providing preventive and full remedial maintenance for government-owned Omnicell pharmaceutical Dispensing Systems. The procurement is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 16 in Overton Brooks, Louisiana, requires a contractor to furnish all labor, tools, materials, equipment, software, facilities, transportation, and supervision necessary to perform maintenance services on government owned Omnicell pharmaceutical dispensing systems for the Overton Brooks Veterans Healthcare System in Shreveport, Louisiana. Based on market research, and previous acquisition history, it has been determined that Omnicell Inc. is the only vendor capable of providing all the required preventive maintenance and repair services in accordance with original equipment manufacturer requirements. This notice is being distributed solely through the General Services Administration's website at https://sam.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 811210, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to the attention of: Rhonda Gibson, email address: rhonda.gibson2@va.gov, no later than Monday, Sept 28, 2026, at 10:00 am (Central Time). Only emailed responses will be considered. Information received will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is at the sole discretion of the Government. Notice of Intent to Sole Source.� If there are no responses to this notice, a determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government to sole source the requirement. No response is a response. �
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