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United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Financial Services Center Plexis Claims Manager Software Licenses

INDRODUCTION: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only, do not submit a proposal. There is no obligation for the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in developing its acquisition strategy and Performance Work Statement (PWS). Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI.

BACKGROUND

The purpose of this Source Sought Notice is to search for qualified vendors capable of meeting the requirement to provide Plexis Claims Manager (PCM) monthly support and maintenance for the VA Financial Services Center (VA-FSC). PCM is an integrated Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) Server-based healthcare information system providing complete benefit administration, medical and vision claim processing, and reporting features for organizations in a healthcare Information Technology (IT) environment. See the attached draft Product Description for details on the requirement.

QUESTIONS AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTERESTED CONTRACTORS

Responses are solely treated as information for the Government to consider. Direct or indirect costs incurred in response to this RFI are at the expense of the vendor, not the Government. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this RFI will be the outcome of a competitive process.

It is requested that all companies interested in participating in this effort to note their interest, and respond to the areas identified in the “Capabilities Statement” and “General Questions” sections below. Provide a summary of your technical approach to meet each functional requirement.

If interested, please submit a Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, your teammates and or subcontractors, a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) expected for this effort, and denote the business size for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541519. As a part of your response, please address the following questions:

1. Describe the monthly support and maintenance product that your company offers and demonstrate how that product can meet VA FSC’s needs.

2. Indicate if you are a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, or Small Business.

3. List all scheduled contracts your company is currently performing on that this requirement would be withinscope of (i.e. GSA FSS, NASA SEWP)

RESPONSE SUBMISSION

Please submit responses via email to Lauren Sankar Contract Specialist at lauren.sankar@va.gov by 12:00 pm Easter Standard Time, August 23, 2018. VA reserves the right to not reply to any emails, responses, and/or materials submitted.