Telephone Appointment Clerk and Project Administrator Services

Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Regional Health Contracting Office - Central intends to issue a sole-source contract to Glacier Technical Solutions for non-personal telephone appointment clerk and project administrator services for the Consult and Appointment Management Office (CAMO), San Antonio Military Health System. Protests filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) after a contract award was made under solicitation W81K00-16-R-0008 resulted in a stop-work order and the need for a short-term contract while these protests are being resolved.

The sole-source contract will have a performance period of 1 April 2016 - 30 June 2016; Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, will also be included in the contract to be used if necessary. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 561421, Telephone Answering Services. The Small Business Administration's size standard for NAICS 561421 is $15M.

The solicitation number is W81K00-16-R-0014, and is generated for the purposes of posting this notice of intent and the final Justification and Approval (J&A) document. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. All responses received, to include capability statements, within 10 days of the posting of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the interim purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Points of contact are Mr. Calvin Blue, Contract Specialist, at (210) 221-3239, Calvin.L.Blue.civ@mail.mil, and Ms. Michelle Bartkowski, Contracting Officer, at (210) 221-3249, Michelle.M.Bartkowski.civ@mail.mil.