Sources Sought_CardioSource Plus Subscriptions for Annual Accreditation

The Regional Health Contracting Office-Central (RHCO-C), Joint Base San Antonio Health Contracting Branch, is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to find potential sources to provide required software to support core training and provide educational resources for SAMMC Cardiology Fellowship Program including general practitioners and providers. CardioSource Plus includes access to self-assessment programs: ACCSAP 9; CathSAP7; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; 2016 Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT Meeting on DemandTM Program; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; Heart Songs. The intent is to ensure adequate training for SAUSHEC/SAMMC Cardiology Fellows to perform well on the In-training Exam and National Cardiology Board Certification Exam following graduation.. A base period plus 3 Option Years is contemplated.

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT – This is a Sources Sought Notice and is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. Solicitations are not available at this time and requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the United States Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the United States Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the United States Government. Not responding to this Sources Sought Notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, should one be issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The Government will use responses to this notice in formulating its acquisition strategy. If the Government does not receive sufficient information in response to this notice to verify the potential for competition exists, it is possible that a sole-source contract, supported by a Justification and Approval document, will be issued to support the Government's requirement.

RHCO-C is seeking the following information (please answer paragraph below with your

response):

1. Entity name, DUNS number, CAGE code, and point of contact information (including phone number and email address), and socio-economic category(ies) as related to NAICS 519130 (Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals), such as 8(a), HUBZone, Women-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small, or Other-than-Small.

2. Capability Statement (limited to ten pages), describing how your company meets the below objectives, providing additional documentation where appropriate: to provide required software to support core training and provide educational resources for SAMMC Cardiology Fellowship Program including general practitioners and providers. CardioSource Plus includes access to self-assessment programs: ACCSAP 9; CathSAP7; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; 2016 Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT Meeting on DemandTM Program; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program; Heart Songs. The intent is to ensure adequate training for SAUSHEC/SAMMC Cardiology Fellows to perform well on the In-training Exam and National Cardiology Board Certification Exam following graduation.

Therefore, in order for the Government to consider any entity for this requirement, the capability statement must identify the entity’s ability to meet the requirements as stated above.