D--OASIS Membership Renewal

Notice of Intent to Sole Source Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) Sponsor Level Membership Special Notice VA701-15-N-0096 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Contract Activity - Central intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), Only One Responsible Source Available, no other source will satisfy agency requirements. The Veterans Affairs intends to solicit and negotiate with the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) for the purchase of OASIS Sponsor level memberships. OASIS Sponsor level membership provides the VA the full range of benefits that vendors (of all sizes), large user organizations, and government agencies need. The Sponsor category combines unlimited Committee participation with essential marketing and visibility benefits. Sponsors are featured and quoted in OASIS press releases, they participate in interoperability demos, workshops, webinars, and presentations at conferences, their logos and links appear throughout the OASIS web site--they support the adoption activities that grow the market for standards-compliant products. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses to this notice are due March 13th, 2015 no later than 10:00 AM (EST) Point of contact for this notice is Michaeljon Joris, who can be reached by email at [email protected]. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veteran Affairs Program Contracting Activity Central 6150 Oak Tree Blvd., Suite 300 Independence, Ohio 44131