Firm Fixed Price, Commercial Item Order for the Purchase of a Server with Router and Media System for the Cheyenne River, Eagle Butte IHS in Eagle Butte, SD.

The Great Plains Area Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a Sole Source, Firm Fixed Price Order for the purchase of commercially available off the shelf (COTS) from SMAART Medical, a small business. The purchase is for a SMAART PACS Servers, Routers, and Mediawriter Systems for the Cheyenne River/Eagle Butte IHS Health Center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based upon the market research provided by Area Clinical Engineering Staff at the Great Plains Area Office in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of agency standardization, data center standardization, and network security. The determination not to compete this action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by resopnding to this notice. This NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent are to be directed to Contract Specialist, Susan K. Davis, at [email protected] via e-mail only (phone calls/voice messages regarding questions wil not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Questions Submission - IHS1455625 - Eagle Butte SMAART PACS