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Sources Sought The Veterans Affairs North Texas Veterans Healthcare System (VANTXHCS) has a requirement for lease-to-own two (2) Liquid Chromatography (LC) / Mass Spectrometry (MS) Systems. The equipment should meet or exceed the specifications below for brand name or equivalent to the Agilent 6475 Triple Quad LC / MS System. This is a lease to own requirement. The Government will retain the title of the equipment at the end of the contract period. The Department of Veterans Affairs , Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17 on behalf of VA North Texas Healthcare System is issuing this Sources Sought Notice in accordance with RFO 10.001 to determine the availability and technical capabilities of qualified sources. Salient characteristics and additional information is provided below. NCO 17 is seeking a qualified source to provide brand name or equal to the Agilent 6475 Triple Quad LC/MS System with associated hardware, consumables, installation, training and maintenance services. NCO 17 intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract to a supplier of this equipment. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Small Business Standard Size 1,000 Employees; Product Service Code: 6640 Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. The RFO Provision found at 52.204-7 requires that All interested Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov prior to submitting an offer or quotation. You may access the website at SAM.gov | Home. All offerors must be certified with the appropriate NAICS code on the SAM website. All SDVOSB/VOSB offerors must be verified in the SBA database at: https://certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of proposal submission. Submissions for this source sought shall be submitted by email no later than April 28, 2026, at 12:00 pm EST. If you are a vendor that can provide the requested information and required supplies described below with competitive pricing, send your information (to include your organization's Unique Entity Identifier number) with a description of proof of capability to kathryn.prose@va.gov. This notice is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this notice. This is a sources-sought looking for businesses to provide the supplies listed below for market research purposes. No awards for a contract will be made from this announcement. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for, or award, a competitive contract. It is emphasized that this is a notice solely for planning and informational purposes. Additionally, please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this sources-sought. Failure to respond to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. 1…
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