7125--Automated Inventory Management System and Turnkey Installation

Special Notice Posted

A later notice was posted: the Limited / Sole Source Justification from .

Solicitation number
36C24621Q0738
Agency
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs announces intent to award a sole source contract for an automated weight-based inventory management system. The contract will provide delivery and installation of the proprietary PAR Excellence system currently in use at four VA medical centers: Salisbury, Salem, Charlotte, and Kernersville, North Carolina.

The Special Notice seeks to fulfill the agency's need for a weight-based inventory management solution to better manage medical supplies. The estimated value is $2,782,335.08. Responses must prove that allowing competition would meaningfully benefit the government without undue cost or time impacts and allowing the medical centers to fulfill their missions. Questions regarding the notice are due by email to the contracting specialist by the given date. No other systems were found through market research that could meet requirements, and the proprietary PAR Excellence solution is considered the sole source.

Notice text

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: Automated Weight-Based Inventory Management

Announcement No.: 36C24621Q0738

The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source Firm-Fixed-Price, open market order for a commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) Automated Weight-Based Inventory Management System. This requirement is for the delivery and turn-key installation of an Automated Weight-Based Inventory Management System for the following VA Medical Center locations: Salisbury, Salem, Charlotte, and Kernersville. This system will allow our Supply Chain Management personnel to better manage expendable supplies at primary and secondary clean rooms. The total estimated value is $2,782,335.08.

Market research has been conducted and it has been found that the Automated Weight-Based Inventory Management system currently in use at the Salisbury is proprietary technology to PAR Excellence. According to the manufacturer there are no compatible systems and PAR Excellence is the sole source for this system. Furthermore, a sources sought was posted on Sam.gov to ascertain comparable products in the marketplace that can meet the Government s need. The sources sought notice yielded only one source.

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 would not hinder the mission objective of the Salisbury VAMC.

The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally 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.

This is not a request for quote or proposals.

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contracting Specialist, Isaac Hernandez at Isaac.Hernandez@va.gov (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will be accepted and will not received a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission 36C24621Q0738.

Files

File Type Posted
36C24621Q0738_1.docx DOCX document

Notice history

Notice Type Posted
Automated Inventory Management System and Turnkey Installation Latest Limited / Sole Source Justification
This notice Latest special notice Special Notice
7125--Automated Inventory Management System Salem, Charlotte, Kernersville VA Medical Center's Original Pre-Solicitation

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