Intent to award sole source navicare nurse call software maintenance agreement

Added: Sep 29, 2016 1:07 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Network Contracting Office (NCO 9), on behalf of Louisville VA Medical Center, 800 Zorn Drive, Louisville, KY 40206 is issuing an intent to award sole source a firm-fixed priced commercial item to Hill-Rom, Inc., 1069 State Route 46 East, Batesville, IN 47006 for Navicare Nurse Call Software Maintenance Agreement. They have the proprietary rights for the patient beds software systems.

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 and 13.106-1(b) (2), "soliciting from a single source." The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541511 and has a size standard of $27.5M for this procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotations no later than 8:00am. CST, Monday, October 3, 2016 to: Lashanda.Harrington@va.gov. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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