Q702--notice of intent to sole source software maintenance service

SPECIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 05, Baltimore VA Medical Center located at 10 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform industry contractors of the Government s of its intent to award a sole source contract to Hill-Rom, Inc.. The contract is expected to be awarded IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements per 41 USC §3304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

The contract will be for Hill-Rom, Inc. to provide software maintenance services for Voalte Nurse Call Systems at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Loch Raven VA Medical Center and the Perry Point VA Medical Center. This includes maintenance, software updates, system updates, and system enhancement of the entire system and all of its components. Hill-Rom, Inc. is the system s original manufacturer as well as the only company that employs certified technicians to restore the system to its full working capacity should a disruption occur.

Hill-Rom, Inc. is located at 1069 State Rte 46 E, Batesville, IN 47006

NAICS code: 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services (SBA Size Standard $34 million)

This notice of intent is neither a formal solicitation nor a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No award will be made based on unsolicited quotations or offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. The intent of this synopsis is for informational purposes only. 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 action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

The Government anticipates the award of a firm-fixed- price contract. A determination by the Government whether to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition.

This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 05 will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent.