6550--NXTAG COV EXTENDED PANEL

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 10, issued this special notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract with Luminex Corporation for 120 kits of the NXTAG COV Extended Panel. This requirement falls under NAICS code 325413 for In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing and PSC 6550 for In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets. The agency intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract with no option years, as it believes only the proposed candidate possesses the capabilities necessary to meet the requirement.

The government intends to solicit and negotiate exclusively with Luminex Corporation, located in Austin, Texas, under the authority of Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation for offers. However, interested parties may submit responses by 5:00 PM EST on October 01, 2020, provided they show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government.

The solicitation is identified by number 36C25020Q1105 and was published on September 24, 2020. Contract Specialist Kenneth Stephens is the point of contact for this requirement. One attachment, a document titled 36C25020Q1105.docx, was included with the notice at the time of publication.