J063--Lynx Duress Alarm System
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C25925Q0503
- Agency
-
Veterans Integrated Service Network 19
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561621 Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths)
- Place of performance
- Fort Harrison Veteran Affairs Medical Fort Harrison Montana 59636
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center, is seeking vendors to install a Lynx Duress and Emergency Notification System across the Montana Veterans Healthcare System. The procurement involves a network-based alarm system that enables VA staff to alert police of security issues and allows police and key personnel to notify groups or all staff during emergencies through computer popup alerts. The contractor must provide all labor, materials, equipment, site inspections, testing, and supervision for installation and configuration at 15 locations throughout Montana, including the Fort Harrison Medical Center and 14 outlying clinics and community-based outpatient clinics. Interested vendors must submit company information including business size status, contact details, and UEI number to the contracting specialist. The deadline for responses is 10:00 AM Mountain Time on June 26, 2025, and this sources sought notice may or may not lead to a future solicitation.
This opportunity does not utilize any set-aside designation and is open to all business sizes. The technical specifications require the Lynx Guide server software model 780-LYNXS-SW-05 with 5,000 server seats, along with a total of 1,750 Lynx-Key Pro licenses including 200 initial licenses and 1,550 additional licenses to be added. The system includes 62 PC-based keyboard alarms with monthly testing capabilities for 25 clients each, and must integrate with existing VA Police radios through a network appliance requiring permanent installation of handheld police radios. All clinic software will connect back to an existing server already installed at the Fort Harrison Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The contract falls under NAICS code 561621 for Security Systems Services, and vendors are requested to indicate their FSS/GSA contract holder status and manufacturing location for the equipment.
Notice text
The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO)19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC) is seeking a vendor who can install the network based, Lynx Duress and Emergency Notification System that will enable staff to alert Police of issues. Police and key personnel can notify groups or all staff during an emergency. The Lynx Messenger enables popups alerts to override computers during emergencies. Popup alerts are a very powerful way to get employees attention as most employees are working at their computers. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, site inspections, Testing and necessary supervision for the installation and configuration of a of a Brand Name or Equal Lynx duress/panic alarm system for the Montana Veterans Healthcare System (MTVHS) to include the Medical Center and outlying clinics. All the software at the clinics will be connected back to the server that s already installed at the Fort Harrison Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
Locations
Ft Harrison Medical Center
3687 Veterans Drive, Ft Harrison MT 59636
Merril Lundman VA Clinic
(Havre, MT) 130 13th Street, Suite 1 Havre, MT 59501
Miles City VA Community Living Center 210 S Winchester Ave Miles
City, MT 59301
Bozeman VA Clinic
300 N. Willson, Suite 703G Bozeman, MT 59715
Butte Charlie Dowd VA Clinic
Three Bears Drive, Butte, MT 59701
Glendive VA Clinic
2000 Montana Ave. Glendive, MT 59330
Cut Bank VA Clinic
82nd Ave SE Cut Bank, MT 59427
Great Falls VA Clinic
1418 9th Street South, Suite 200 Great Falls, MT 59405
Glasgow VA Clinic
630 Second Ave. South, Suite A Glasgow, MT 59230
Miles City CBOC
at 316 S. Hayes Ave, Miles City, MT 59301
Helena VA Sleep Lab
2905 N Montana, Unit 108 Helena, MT 59601
Kalispell VA Clinic
31 Three Mile Dr., Suite 102 Kalispell, MT 59901
Lewistown VA Clinic
629 NE Main St., Suite 1 Lewistown, MT 59457
Missoula VA Clinic
2687 Palmer St. Suite C, Missoula, MT 59808
Browning CBOC
5525 Haul Rd Browning MT 59417
Billings VA Clinic
1775 Spring Creek Lane Billings, MT 59102
SPECIFICATIONS Brand Name or Equal
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: LYNX System
The work to be performed, is to provide the Lynx Guide server software only model number: 780-LYNXS-SW-05 (with 5,000 server seats), two hundred (200) Lynx-Key Pro licenses, to include a total of one thousand five hundred and fifty (1,550) more Lynx-Key Pro licenses that will be added. Sixty-two (62) 950-LYNX- KEYPRO, F9-F11 PC based keyboard alarms that operate logging on, logging off or locked with a monthly test feature of twenty-five (25) clients each, for a total of one thousand seven hundred and fifty (1,750) licenses needed. The Lynx software will also support the ability to expand the system for future expansion of software and hardware. Alarms will also need to able to be communicate over the existing VA Police radios via the 950-LYNX-DISP-3 network appliance, which requires a handheld Police radio to be provided for permanent installation for the 950- LYNX-DISP-3 (as well as one for testing).
The NAICS code is 561621 Security Systems Services
In response to this announcement, please provide the information below:
Company Name:
Address:
UEI (Unique Entity ID) Number:
Contact Name:
Phone No.:
Email:
Business Size Information
Select all that applies:
Small Business
Emerging Small Business
Small Disadvantaged Business
Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act
HUBZone
Woman Owned
Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Veteran Owned Small Business
Large Business
FSS/GSA Contract Holder
Yes No
FSS/GSA Contract Number
Effective Date/ Expiration Date
Where is the Item/Items Manufactured
The information submitted shall contain the company s business size status. This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation! This is not a request for proposal (RFP). No questions will be answered. The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this, sources sought notice. Requests for copies of a solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. Information should be forwarded to the Contracting Specialist. If your organization can provide these services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to David M Glanton, Contract Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 19, 6162 S. Willow Drive, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 or via e-mail at david.glanton@va.gov and NCO19Supply-ServicesNorthernTier@va.gov with the requested information stated above. The deadline for this information is 10:00 AM Mountain Time, Thursday, June 26, 2025. Â
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C25925Q0503.docx | DOCX document |
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