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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

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Palo Alto CA

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Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21 VA Northern California HealthCare System 5342 Dudley Blvd, Bldg 209 McClellan CA 95652-2609

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Contracting Officer Amanda Hildreth amanda.hildreth@va.gov 916-923-4518

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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21) hereby gives notice of the Government’s intent to negotiate a sole source, Firm-Fixed-Priced Purchase Order with only one source Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, Inc. The procurement is for VA Palo Alto Healthcare System is requesting to procure Circle Cardiovascular Imaging (CVI) software technology for the Radiology Department. The purpose for obtaining the Circle CVI Software is for comprehensive reading and reporting solution that encompasses Cardiac MR and CT that encompasses fully automatic Quantitative Perfusion, 4D Flow, myocardial Strain, Electrophysiology, and Interventional Planning. With the embedded AI, one is able to get faster reproducible reading and reporting with optimized cardiovascular workflows, while reducing user dependence and workloads, saving physicians more time. The workflow solution offered by Circle CVI offers the most clinically cleared tools for diagnosis and the most accurate tools to quantify and qualify for research purposes. With this software, the VA Palo Alto Radiologists will easily be able to detect wall motion abnormalities, as well as auto display of stroke volume, ejection fraction, and end diastolic. They will also be able to access transmittal flow patterns, pulmonary vein forward flow, aortic size, and quantification of shunt sizes. The quantitative perfusion add on will provide objective, user-independent, fully automatic quantitative analysis of myocardial blood flow with expert level accuracy. Overall, it allows the team to deliver the best experience and care to Veteran patients by diagnosing accurately and creating a treatment plan to meet their needs.

Circle CVI Annual Software Support - Base Year

Circle CVI Annual Software Support - Option Year 1

Circle CVI Annual Software Support - Option Year 2

Circle CVI Annual Software Support - Option Year 3

Circle CVI Annual Software Support - Option Year 4

This action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii) and 41 USC §1901, only one will meet the Government’s needs. Only one source is capable of responding due to the unique or specialized nature of the supplies and/or services. It is the Government’s belief that the proposed candidate is the only provider of RALS Software that can meet the agency’s needs. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 513210 (Software Publishers) and the Product Service Code (PSC) is 7A21 (IT and Telecom – Business Application Software (Perpetual License Software).

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any business that believes it can provide CVI Software may give written notice to amanda.hildreth@va.gov by 12:00PM Pacific Time on May 9, 2023. All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. Responses will be considered by the Government; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

THIS SYNOPSIS DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTRACT FOR ANY SUPPLY OR SERVICE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY INFORMATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS.

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