S02 36C10X24Q0089 Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf

Special Notice

*= Required Field Special Notice

SUBJECT* Notice of Intent to Solicit from a Single Source Technical Strategies Veterans Health Exchange Professional Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 21703

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C10X24Q0089

ARCHIVE 15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* R499

NAICS CODE* 541519

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick

Department of Veterans Affairs

5202 Presidents Court, Suite 103 Frederick MD 21703

POINT OF CONTACT*

Brian N. Ballard, Contract Specialist Brian.Ballard@va.gov Wanda Y. Edwards, Contracting Officer Wanda.Edwards@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL https://www.va.gov/opal/sac/index.asp URL DESCRIPTION Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick, MD

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

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Synopsis The U.S Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Office of Procurement, Acquisitions, & Logistics (OPAL), Strategic Acquisition Center-Frederick (SAC-F), in accordance with Public Law 109- 461: “Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006” specifically, the “Veterans First Contracting Program” outlined in 38 USC § 8127(c), intends to solicit and award a single source short-term bridge award to IT Concepts, INC (ITC) a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), 1600 Spring Hill RD STE 305, Vienna, Virginia 22182-2229, for support services for the continued deployment and implementation of the nationwide rollout of the VHIE Program Exchange and DIRECT Messaging Projects at each health data exchange community, on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Health Informatics (HI) Interoperability Office (IO).

Background This bridge award is to transition to a new contract being competitively procured by the SAC.

Purpose and Objective The Contractor shall provide support services for the continued deployment and implementation of professional and technical management services for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Informatics (OHI) Clinical Informatics and Data Management Office (CIDMO) and their Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE) Portfolio of Programs. Tasks involve providing the expertise necessary to enable the VHIE program to improve upon and expand VA’s ability to securely share computable electronic health information with other healthcare providers involved in the provision of care to the Veteran. This involves the application of program and project management services, clinical and health informatics expertise, performance management services, and community outreach in support of all work areas within VHIE.

Anticipated Period of Performance The anticipated period of performance for the awarded contract is:

Base Period: February 29, 2024, through April 28, 2024

Single Source Circumstances The proposed source for this acquisition is a certified SDVOSB, technically qualified to meet all requirements, and have performed successfully over the past 3.5 years as the incumbent. In accordance with VAAR 819.7007(b), the determination to make a sole source award to an SDVOSB is a business decision wholly within the discretion of the contracting officer; therefore, the requirement to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable is not applicable to this procurement. In addition, VAAR 819.7007(c) further authorizes the contracting officer to make the award without first determining that only one SDVOSB source can meet the requirement.

Additional Information The North American Industry classification (NAICS) Code is 541519 - Other Computer Related Services with a size standard of $34 Million. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A COMPETITIVE QUOTE. Any response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Government POC listed above and show clear and convincing evidence that another source can meet the Government’s requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Respondents must also include their Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. Respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. A http://www.sam.gov/

DESCRIPTION

determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Responses must be received within five calendar days after the initial publication of this posting and must reference synopsis number 36C10X24Q0089 and shall be submitted electronically to all POC’s noted within this announcement.