HIPAA Compliant Proof of Concept Study for BUMED and NH Bremerton

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC), Acquisition Management Directorate, 1681 Nelson Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702 on behalf of the Bureau of Medicine & Surgery (BUMED) and Naval Hospital Bremerton intends to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source basis with Medfusion, Inc., 1318 Dale St Ste 220, Raleigh, NC 27605-1275 for an Institutional Review Board (IRB) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant proof-of-concept research study of a Medfusion-based architecture. The sole source contract will be awarded for a two (2) year period. Any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days from the date of publication of this announcement. Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirements, yet must be limited to 2 pages. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with awarding a Time & Material contract to Medfusion. Nothing herein should be misconstrued as a request for proposal. No solicitation document is available. Any Questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Julie Wean. This synopsis expires 7 November 2008, 4:00 PM EST.