Online Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Resource (UpToDate Bridge Award)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: OnlineEvidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Resource (UpToDate Bridge Award)

Announcement No.: 75H70426Q00038

The purpose and function of the Indian Health Service (IHS) is to provide comprehensive health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) through the IHS hospital and clinic system. The IHS requires ongoing support services for a known clinical decision making resource solution. The IHS hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source contract to UpToDate, Inc., UEI: ZULJK3FWSPJ8, for the Agency’s interim OnlineEvidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Resource.

The Indian Health Service (IHS) requires a license subscription covering four (4) Areas for UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support resource providing continuously updated medical/drug information. The associated Period of Performance would be three (3) months. This interim award is needed to ensure continuity of services as an enterprise-wide solution is pursued. The UpToDate solution is the only known solution on the market that meets all needs outlined in the Program Office's requirements document with no known implementation or utilization issues for the clinical setting. In addition, this solution is already in use for the four (4) Areas intended to be covered by this bridge award. As such, this procurement is being pursued as a Sole Source award.

The applicable NAICS code is 513210, Software Publishers. The Small Business Size Standard is $47 million dollars. The Period of Performance for this effort will be a three (3) month Base Period with no anticipated Option Periods. This sole source contracting action is being pursued under the authority of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

*See the attached Statement of Work document for additional requirement information.

This notice is for informational purposes only, and is not a request for a proposal/quotation. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the Indian Health Service.

In addition, information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the requirement, and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, nor to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public on www.SAM.gov in accordance with FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Brendon Moran, at brendon.moran@ihs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission, 75H70426Q00038.