reviewed

Contour (Glucose) Test Strips, One Touch Ultra (Glucose) Test Strips, Contour Next (Glucose) Test Strips, One Touch Verio (Glucose) Test Strips

Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability

Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF (3600) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6515 | Last Modified: 04/29/2024

Procurement Summary

Glucose testing supplies.

Waiver Rationale Summary

We are requesting a waiver to the Buy American Act under FAR 25.103(b) Nonavailability. The required items are not domestically available and all quotes will be for a foreign manufactured [end] product. No domestic end products were discovered during market research.

Did / Will the solicitation include one of the standard BAA provisions announcing the agency’s intention to provide a price preference for domestic end products and construction material?

Yes

Was a sources sought or Request for Information issued?

OMB Determination

Consistent with Policy

Product

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

NAICS

325413 - In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing

Date Submitted

04/16/2024

Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)

N/A

Solicitation ID

N/A

Procurement Stage

Pre-solicitation

Expected Maximum Duration of the Proposed Waiver

Between 6 months and 1 year

Waiver Coverage

Individual Waiver

Funding Agency

VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF