NOTICE OF INTENT TO Sole Source - First DataBank SAM.docx

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE AWARD

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Indian Health Service (IHS), Division of Acquisition Policy (DAP), on behalf of the IHS, Office of Information Technology (OIT), intends to award a Contract on a sole source basis to First Data Bank, Inc. (FDB) of Indianapolis, Indiana for its brand name database, MedKnowledge, which provides for clinical decision support software used in the IHS Resource and Patient Management System Electronic Health Record (RPMS-HER) system, as well as the RPMS pharmacy packages. The anticipated period of performance will include a one-year base period and a 4-year option periods from 03/24/2022 to 03/23/2027.

The sole source action will be issued under the authority of the Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. The statutory authority permitting sole source acquisition is 41U.S.C 1901 as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501(a)(1)(ii). Market research has identified FDB as the only vendor capable of providing the required brand name MedKnowledge database tools and support services for IHS. FDB is the manufacturer and the only provider of the MedKnowledge database. MedKnowledge is linked to the current Veteran Health Administration’s Pharmacy Product System National (PPS-N) which IHS relies on for drug information and pricing data updates. The combination of MedKnowledge and PPS-N provides critical drug information and pricing updates to IHS RPMS which is mission critical.

It is anticipated that the Government will award a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511140 – Directory and Mailing List Publishers, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is D309 – IT and Telecom – Other IT and Telecom – Information and Data Broadcasting or Data Distribution.

Points of contact for this acquisition are the Contract Specialist, Julie Corbin at julie.corbin@ihs.gov and Contracting Officer Cole Cook at cole.cook@ihs.gov.

The required FDB MedKnowledge database is specified in Attachment 1 – Requirements Document.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a quote to Contract Specialist, Julie Corbin at juie.corbin@ihs.gov and Contracting Officer Cole Cook at cole.cook@ihs.gov.

Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Government's needs.

At this time, no solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of quotes received in response to this notice. If no affirmative written responses are received by 01/26/2022 @ 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) a contract may be awarded to FDB.

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