OSEHRA Organization Membership - Intent to Sole Source

SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
OSEHRA Organizational Membership
FBO Notice: 36C77619Q0186
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), requires an Innovator III Level organizational membership from Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA) which will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.
The Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) Office of Health Informatics (OHI) intends to issue a sole source solicitation to 1934 Old Gallows Rd STE 420, Vienna, VA, 22182, USA requesting a base year contract with four option years. The OSEHRA Innovator Level III organizational membership includes the following:
Five (5) appointed General (Voting) members
Create OSEHRA Open Source Project Groups
Create OSEHRA Work Groups
Organizational Member Calls and Meetings
Three (3) Certification Queue Priority
Website / Community Page Promotion
10% Event Attendee Discount
25% discount Summit Sponsorship
OSEHRA supports a rapidly growing open source community of users, developers, and researchers with over 850 registered members. Their open, collaborative community represents 160+ industry, academic, and government organizations. OSEHRA is a member of global industry associations including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Health Level 7 (HL7), Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), and the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The NAICS code for this procurement is 813920 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is $15 Million.
This notice of intent to is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. 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.
Responses to this notice are due on or before Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 11:00 AM Eastern Time to this procurement s contract specialist, Benjamin Niznik, Benjamin.Niznik@VA.GOV .
Contracting Office Address:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Contracting Activity Central
6150 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 300
Independence, OH 44131
Submittal Information:
Contractors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements should submit a single spaced, 12-point font minimum, response to the information identified in the Notice. Please also include, at a minimum, the company s name, address, Dunn & Bradstreet (DUNS) number, General Service Administration (GSA) contract number (if applicable), point-of-contact name, phone number, and e-mail address. Please also provide Company business size and status - (i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business, etc.) Any affiliate information (parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, and VA Mentor Protégé Program membership status).
Companies shall provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate their capability to fulfill the requirements outlined in this Notice..