Electronic Health Record Open Source Custodial Agent Operational Support

Added: May 15, 2012 5:21 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 260 Industrial Way West, Eatontown, NJ 07724 intends to enter into a contract on the basis of other than full and open competition to continue implementation and operational support for the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA) software development community. The TAC intends to award a sole source, six (6) month, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract to Ray Group International (RGI), LLC, 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1700, Tampa, FL 33602-5362, a VA Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(5), 38 U.S.C. 8127(c) (Veterans First Contracting Program) and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-5, Authorized or Required by Statute. The proposed contract action will enable OSEHRA to recruit the necessary staff and implement accounting capability and other business systems to continue the implementation and ultimately enable self-sufficient operation of the OSEHRA software development community. OSEHRA is the Custodial Agent and a new 501(c) not-for-profit organization established under contract GS-35F-0738N, order VA118-11-F-0067, that allows the VA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish an open source software development community to leverage evolving technology and facilitate innovation for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) software within the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA). This open source software development community provides the ability for Government agencies, industry, educational institutions and software developers to contribute software code that can ultimately be utilized by VA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and improve VistA based EHRs, the planned integrated EHR (iEHR) program between VA and DoD and related tools. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) for this effort is 541512 with a corresponding small business size standard of $25M average annual revenue. The estimated date of award for this action is June 8, 2012.



This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposals. The proposed solicitation number is VA118-12-R-0347 which is anticipated for release on or about May 23, 2012. Questions regarding this action may be directed to the Contract Specialist, Elizabeth Dean at Elizabeth.dean2@va.gov or Robert Kirzow, Contracting Officer, Robert.kirzow@va.gov.