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Sources Sought Notice This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This ... Sources Sought Notice This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. This is a Request for Information ONLY. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, bids, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The Government is conducting a market survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, small businesses, HUBZone small businesses and/or other large businesses capable of serving the needs identified below. This notice of intent is for open market as well as Federal Supply Schedule items. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification/socioeconomic status (service-disabled veteran owned small business, veteran owned small business, women-owned small business, HUB Zone, 8(a), small business or large business, relative to NAICS 325413. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Commercial Business Opportunities website http://www.beta.sam.gov or GSA E-Buy at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. The Department of Veterans Affairs South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), Audie L. Murphy Division and the VISN 17 Contracting (10N17/671C), 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, TX 78229, intends to award a firm-fixed price service contract, for the Access BNP Reagents compatible with the Beckman Immunochemistry Instrumentation. No other types of substitute or third-party reagents will fit the need of the STVHCS for the reasons notated. BNP is one of the analytes being monitored in COVID patients in the current Pandemic. The Access BNP test is the only BNP test approved by the FDA that is exclusively made to work on our current Beckman Coulter Immunochemistry Analyzers. The BNP test is an In Vitro quantitative measurement of B-Type Natriuretic peptide (BNP) used by physicians to diagnose Congestive Heart Disease (CHD), make treatment decisions and monitor patients with Heart Failure and Acute Coronary Syndrome Please see attachment. Please advise if you can provide the service for this requirement. Please submit all information to Ognian Ivanov mailto:ognian.ivanov@va.gov no later than Thursday , November 04, 2021, 11:00 AM ET (10:00 AM CT).