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The Augusta Georgia VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Carl Zeiss Microscopy for a Modular Laser Scanning Microscope LSM 980 with Airyscan Multiplex and components to ... The Augusta Georgia VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Carl Zeiss Microscopy for a Modular Laser Scanning Microscope LSM 980 with Airyscan Multiplex and components to support research studies at the Augusta VA. The system must allow super resolution based on a confocal platform providing simultaneous high-speed acquisition, 8x improvement in Signal to Noise and 2x spatial resolution improvement without the use of closing down a pinhole. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office to the contracting office no later than Monday, April 13, 2020, 4:00 PM EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.