P03 - JEFO - LIttle Rock_Redacted.pdf

This is a Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity Process, submitted by the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a sole-source delivery order under Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract SPE2D1-18-D-0006 awarded to Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC.

The delivery order authorizes procurement of an upgrade to the Change Healthcare Cardiology Picture Archiving and Communication System (CPACS) from version 13.1.2 to version 15.x, with an estimated total value of $420,939.23. The upgrade includes hardware, software, and services to replace existing dedicated workstations and migrate data from physical servers to virtual servers provided by VAMC. The justification asserts that Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC is the only vendor capable of performing the required maintenance and support because it is the sole entity with trained personnel qualified to deploy software updates and upgrades, maintains all software revisions and testing in accordance with FDA regulations, and exclusively owns the trade information regarding PACS software. The document establishes that the VA Technical Reference Model version 26.1 approves only Change Healthcare CPACS version 15.x for installation on VA systems. The Defense Logistics Agency has previously negotiated and determined fair and reasonable pricing under the existing contract, and the Contracting Officer conducted a price evaluation confirming quoted prices are equal to or less than the contract price. The justification demonstrates that the supplies and services are unique and highly specialized, meeting the exception criteria under RFO 16.507-6(b)(2) for sole-source awards. Both the Biomedical Engineer at Little Rock VAMC and the Contracting Officer for the HTME Post Award, PACS & Laundry Division have certified the justification as complete and accurate.