Notice of Intent to Sole Source to MITRE

This is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement.

Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division intends to utilize a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to provide acquisition, technical, operational, and management guidance to support PEO Medical Systems/J-6 Chief information Officer to strengthen its hardware and software acquisition processes, systems engineering, and integration posture. In addition, the FFRDC shall provide complex enterprise acquisitions and analytics, technical oversight, guidance, performance management, governance, change management, and monitoring of the development, integration, implementation, and Operation & Maintenance of integrated solutions that support longitudinal health record process from the time the service member transitions from the Department of Defense (DoD) to the Veteran’s Administration and beyond through a unified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.[MR1] 

FFRDC shall provide the following tasks:

• Strategic management Support
• Procurement (Support and Evaluation)
• Program and Project Management
• Technical Management Support
• Evaluation and Audit
• Digital Front Door (DFD) Initiative – Journey Mapping and personal development

MITRE is a DoD-sponsored Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), and can provide research and analysis, per FAR 35.017-3(b)(3).

All responsible sources may identify their interest(s) by submitting a capability statement in response to this requirement, which shall be considered by the agency.  Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  This notice of intent is not a requires for competitive quotes or proposals. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this publicization. Written responses to this notice must be submitted by all interested parties. All interested parties shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirements listed above to Marcus.j.riley3.civ@health.mil and Saera.khan.civ@health.mil.  The capability documentation should include general information and technical background describing in detail the prospective contractor’s ability to support these immediate requirements.

 [MR1]HER acronym currently unknown