Notice of Intent to LearningSpace Warranty.pdf

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda.

The mission of the USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services.

Intended Recipient: Elevate Healthcare, Inc. 6300 Edgelake Drive, Sarasota, Florida 34240-

Intent to Sole-Source:

USU intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Elevate Healthcare, Inc. for a twelve-month renewal of the LearningSpace Matrix Warranty Plan to support the LearningSpace Simulation Management platform.

Sole Source Justification

The LearningSpace Simulation Management Platform is proprietary to Elevate Healthcare, Inc.

Any services performed under the LearningSpace Matrix Warranty Plan must be completed by the original manufacturer as they own the original source code for software programming.

Therefore, Elevate Healthcare, Inc. is the only vendor capable of meeting the Government’s requirement. This requirement will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).

In accordance with 5.207(c)(16)(i), all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and that the interested potential Offeror can meet the needs of the Government as stated above. Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Responses must be received via email to the contact listed in the notice by the closing date of the notice.