The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, intends to award a sole-source contract to Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics for a Remote Automated Laboratory System (RALS) that manages point-of-care instrument data, quality control, and integration with the hospital information system. The government believes only Abbott can meet this requirement, as the system has been in use since 2016 and switching would incur substantial unrecoverable costs. Performance will be at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California. Interested vendors must be an OEM or authorized distributor of the items and maintain an active SAM.gov record under NAICS 518210 (size standard $40 million). Responsible sources may submit a capability statement to the contracting officer for consideration.