6515--Nihon Kohden's Polysmith 12 System For VA Greater Los Angeles

Special Notice Special Notice Page 2 of 2 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 1 of 2 TITLE: 65- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE SOL: DUE: 9/3/2021 SET ASIDE: N/A NAICS: 339112 POP STATE: 30 Days ARO AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) CO: [email protected] DESCRIPTION: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO Nihon Kohden America, Inc of Irvine, California for Nihon Koden s CapOne brand upgrade to Polysmith 12 for the VAGLAHS is urgently needed due to Version Polysmith 10 is currently no longer supported by the Nihon Kohden. The VHAGLAHS has 7 total sleep lab rooms and 2 of them are down because the vendor no longer supports our system. Polysmith 10 is also Windows 7, which is now end of support. Additionally, there is a national project from the Office of Connected press return to continue, Care for the Somnoware integration (Somnoware provides workflow automation for the Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary Physicians by enabling them to access and read all of their patient's attended sleep and home sleep studies in one platform), which requires each site to be on Polysmith 12. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b) (1)(ii), Soliciting from a Single Source. The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 1,000 Employees. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Proposals or Quotations. No solicitation document exists, and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The government may consider all Expressions of Interest received prior to September 3, 2021. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice must be emailed to [email protected] and received by 1:00 PM PST on September 3, 2021. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on-time.