6525-- HIMS CD Writer

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 17, issued a sole-source intent notice on July 27, 2026, for procurement of a HIMS CD Writer system, with responses due by August 7, 2026, at 12:00 PM Central Time. The VA intends to award a firm fixed-price contract to Data Distributing LLC for the Rimage Catalyst II 6000 under FAR Part 12 commercial-item authority. Interested contractors may submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations to challenge the sole-source determination. The procurement supports Health Information Management Services at El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System and requires a vendor-neutral DICOM disc-burning system capable of creating, importing, and distributing diagnostic imaging studies on CD/DVD media with integration into VA imaging systems including VistA Imaging, Radiology PACS, and Cerner. The system must support multiuser environments with DICOM archive and modality worklist queries, concurrent operations with unlimited importing licenses, automatic media selection and multi-disc spanning, and embedded DICOM viewers on each disc. Installation must be completed within 60 calendar days of award at the ELPVAHCS Warehouse in El Paso, Texas. The contractor shall provide training to approximately 8 end-users and 2 biomedical engineering representatives and deliver a 12-month warranty covering technical support, software updates, and overnight hardware replacement. Prospective contractors must be registered in SAM and must be OEM authorized dealers, distributors, or resellers capable of providing OEM warranty and service. Responses must be sent via email to lesley.kitchen@va.gov.