6515--OMNICELL server Albuquerque

NOTICE OF ITENT TO SOLE SOURCE. This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.101 requiring dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 22, located at 4811 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach, CA is issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform industry contractors of the Government s intent to execute a Sole Source Delivery Order under FAR Part 8, specifically FAR Part 8.405-6(a)(1)(B), Only One Available Source. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 339112, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. The Federal Supply Class (FSC) is 7125, Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving. The Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for this sector is 1,000 Employees. The intended Contractor is Omnicell, Inc located at 590 E. Middlefied Road, Mountain View CA 94043. Place of Performance is the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108. The current server supports all Omnicell functions for the entire facility including the pharmacy department and supply chain management department. The facility has been experiencing latency with data crossing over from VISTA to Omnicell cabinets for several months now. Recent multiple hard drive failures have further exacerbated the latency issues. Replacement hard drives corrected the issues temporarily until last week when multiple hard drives failed and replacing the drives caused the server to crash. The data being transmitted between VISTA and Omnicell has become unreliable and created significant patient safety and facility liability concerns. Overrides and manual entry of patients into the individual cabinets has become common practice. This could potentially cause patients to not receive critical medications or get multiple doses of the same medication. Urgent replacement of the server is required to minimize risk to patient safety. 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 on the basis of unsolicited quotations or offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and compelling evidence that the responding company can provide the same items/services, and 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. All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing via e-mail to Victor Oliveros, [email protected] with RESPONSE TO INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE VISN 22 Omnicell server ABQ in the subject line. All interested parties who are responsible, certified, and capable may identify their interest and may submit a capabilities statement no later than 10:00 AM Pacific Time March 30, 2023 to the above mentioned point of contact. The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure complete transmission and timely receipt. The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent.