This is a SOURCES SOUGHT request for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government at this time. This notice is intended strictly for market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine the availability of U.S. manufactured reagents, antibodies, detection kits, and consumables capable of being used in a Leica Bond-Max IHC Stainer currently in use at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center located at 4646 John R Street, Detroit, MI 48201. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the Business Size Standard is 1,000 Employees. The products needed include the following (Leica Catalog Number and Description): Catalog # Description DS9390 Polymer Refine Red Detection AR9222 Dewax Solution AR9961 Epitope Retrieval 1 - Citrate 6.0 AR9640 Epitope Retrieval 2 - EDTA 9.0 AR9590 Bond Wash Solution 10X Con., 1L S21.4611 Covertiles (pk 160) AR9551 Enzyme Pretreatment S21.4604 Printer Ribbon & Labels OPT9049 Titration Kit S21.1971 Mixing Stations OP79193 Open Containers (Abs/Solutions) CS9100 Probe Cleaning Kit AR0222 Anti-Fluorescein Ab ISH5748-A Kappa Probe - ASR ISH5770-A Lambda Probe - ASR ISH5950-A RNA Negative Control Probe - ASR ISH5894-A RNA Positive Control Probe - ASR PA0094 AE1/AE3 PA0346 Calretinin PA0117 BCL-2 PA0553 CD3 PA0200 CD20 PA0250 CD31 PA0212 CD34 PA0042 CD45 PA0191 CD56 PA0273 CD68 PA0007 CD117 PA0088 CD138 PA0375 CDX2 PA0848 CEA-Mono PA0515 Chromogranin PA0942 CK7 PA0022 CK20 PA0032 Desmin PA0801 Hep Par 1 PA0118 Ki67 PA0233 Melan- A PA0258 MSA PA0163 p40 PA0006 PAP PA0431 PSA PA0031 S100 PA0943 SMA PA0299 Synaptophysin PA0364 TTF-1 PA0640 Vimentin Contractors that are capable of meeting this requirement are asked to provide a response via the email address listed below. Please provide the following information in your response: (1) Business Name and Address (2) Point of Contact Name, Phone Number and E-mail Address (3) SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI) (4) Type of Small Business (if applicable): Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Veteran Owned Small Business, 8a, HUBZone, Woman-Owned, etc. Additional information: All contractors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for small business status must be registered with the SBA and meet the requirements of FAR 19.102. Any contractor that believes they are capable and desires to claim preference for SDVOSB or VOSB status must be registered with the SBA Veteran Small Business Certification Program (VetCert). Responses due to Jeffrey Rozema, Contract Specialist, by Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Please e-mail all responses to jeffrey.rozema@va.gov.

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