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 under solicitation number 36C24E19R0005. This requirement supports the VA research grant titled STAT PD: Preventing Levodopa Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease with HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors. The acquisition is categorized under NAICS 541715 for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and PSC code A.

The scope of work involves OHSU’s Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) providing specialized equipment and training for phospho protein analysis for the Anti ERK1/2. The FCSR will provide researchers with data analysis, data interpretation, experiment design, and routine operations. This facility has served as a core resource for advanced flow cytometry instrumentation and technical expertise since 1996 and supports the Knight Cancer Institute and the Oregon Stem Cell Center.

Although the agency intends to award the contract on a sole-source basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-5, responsible sources may submit a capability statement to the RPO East contracting office. The deadline for responses is Friday, January 22nd at 4:00 PM EST. All interest and capability statements must be submitted via email to Lynn Portman. The original notice was published on January 15, 2019, and includes one attachment titled 36C24E19R0005.docx.