A--Intent to Sole Source - Affiliate Research Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound VA Health Care System, intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) for research support services. These services support the VA research grant "STAT PD: Preventing Levodopa Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease with HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors." The requirement involves utilizing the OHSU Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) to provide specialized equipment, training for phospho protein analysis (Anti ERK1/2), advanced instrumentation, and technical expertise including data interpretation and experiment design.

This procurement is identified under solicitation number 36C24E19R0005 and is managed by Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East. The opportunity is classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and PSC code A. The OHSU FCSR serves as a core resource providing technical services and routine operations that have supported the Knight Cancer Institute and the Oregon Stem Cell Center.

The VA intends to award this contract on a sole source basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. Although this is not a request for competitive proposals, the government will consider capability statements from responsible sources submitted to Lynn Portman at [email protected] by the deadline of January 22, 2019, at 4:00 PM EST. Documentation for this notice includes one attachment, 36C24E19R0005.docx. The final determination of whether to compete the proposed requirement based on received responses remains at the discretion of the government.