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The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West, JBSA - Fort Sam Houston, Texas intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price sole source contract to Biomerieux, Inc., of Durham, North Carolina, under the authori... The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West, JBSA - Fort Sam Houston, Texas intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price sole source contract to Biomerieux, Inc., of Durham, North Carolina, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), for maintenance of the Government-owned Vitek 2 (microbiology analyzer) at Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 811210, Laboratory instrument repair and maintenance services. The Small Business Size Standard is $34 million. Biomerieux is an other-than-small business. Award will be made on or after 1 October 2023. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency before the intended award date. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. For the Government to consider another source, the capability statement must identify the source's ability to meet the following requirements: * Must provide all necessary diagnostic software. * Must provide replacement parts from original equipment manufacturer (OEM). * Must provide technical support via telephone 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, with a telephone response time of not more than 2 hours. * Must provide on-site response within 6 hours of notification (in the event the system is disabled). The Government shall not reimburse interested sources for any information provided. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice and any information provided will not be used as part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. No telephonic inquires will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NOTE: INTERESTED VENDORS, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE ON OR BEFORE 27 June 2023.