Warehouse Carousel Hardware System Software Suite Upgrade

INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to SENCOR WHITE, INC., 400 Kidds Hill Rd, Hyannis, MA 02601. This justification for sole source contracting is to purchase for one year an expanded use of the Warehouse Librarian software suite. This acquisition will include the setting up of the inventory module, converting Warehouse Ordering and Management Business Analysis Tool (WOMBAT) system data into Warehouse Librarian data, setting up of the inventory system for the warehouse including Wireless technology, and connecting the software with the Property Ordering Website (POW) system using a flat file transfer.

CMS REQUIREMENTS: Currently the contractor Intek which is a part of SenCor White Inc. is the only company that is able to provide maintenance and support of the Warehouse Librarian program. This is the only company that creates the software to work with the Whites System Carousel that's used in the CMS warehouse. The current vendor supports the software and hardware that allows ordering, storage and retrieval of CMS materials (publications, forms, manuals and commodity items) by CMS customers, including providers, intermediaries, advocacy groups, CMS employees and government agencies, who request or order these materials via an external website.

NAICS CODES: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 541519 (Other Computer Related Services).

INTERESTED PARTIES: All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. In order to qualify as a potential contractor for this procurement, the organization must provide valid, reliable and standardized health care performance measures to support and advance public accountability, quality improvement efforts, increased patient safety, and value based purchasing. The organization must be able to serve as a national dissemination and implementation conference for health disparities researchers. To be considered, interested vendors must submit technical literature describing their capability to effectively satisfy this requirement, as well as terms and conditions and a complete price quote within 5 days of this notice, to the following electronic mail address: phillip.harrell@cms.hhs.gov.

DISCLAIMER: This notice is not a Request for Proposals or a Solicitation, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is not a commitment from the Government. The Government will not reimburse any bid or proposal costs as a result of this notice. No solicitation exists and requests for a copy of the solicitation will be disregarded. However, any future solicitation that will be open to competition will be subsequently issued on FedBizOpps in order to permit firms to respond.

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