The VA s New England Healthcare System (VISN 1), Network Contracting Office One (NCO 1), intends to negotiate a sole source agreement with SIGNET Electronic Systems, Inc., 90 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061. A limited source justification has been prepared and approved by the VHA HCA under FAR 8.405-6 (limited sources). 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, compelling and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government, and a potential offeror has access to proprietary benchmarking data from the private sector and all other VHA networks. 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. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The Small Business Administration size standard for this sector is $22 Million. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities no later than 12:00 P.M. Easter Standard Time on August 5, 2022. The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure complete transmission and timely receipt. All inquiries must be addressed in writing via email to the Contracting Officer at
[email protected]. Statement of Work (Service) Title: Brockton Nurse Call Upgrade Location: VHA Boston Healthcare System - Brockton Campus 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301 Multiple Locations Description: Provide all materials, labor, travel, equipment, programming, testing, training and supervision to upgrade the existing Rauland Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call systems at the Brockton Campus of the VHA Boston Healthcare System (BHS) to the Rauland Responder 5000 Nurse Call system. The Rauland Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call system is beyond useful life and is no longer supported by the manufacturer or authorized vendors. Due to the significant number of Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call systems in service Rauland developed an upgrade kit that allows Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call systems to be upgraded to the Responder 5000 Nurse Call systems by replacing the main system controller, upgrading power supplies/batteries and replacing the Nurse Station Nurse Console/Annunciator Panels. The existing Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call system cabinets, wiring and field devices all support the Responder 5000 Nurse Call system and minimal new or replacement wiring installation is anticipated. Specific tasks to upgrade existing Rauland Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call systems to Rauland Responder 5000 Nurse Call systems at the VHA BHS Brockton campus include, but are not limited to the following: Upgrade existing Rauland Responder 4000/4K to Responder 5000 Nurse Call system in the following locations: Building 2: Wards 21B, 21C, 22B, 23B, 23C, 24B, 24C and MH Recreation Building 3: Urgent Care, Specialty Care Building 4: Wards 41B, 41C, 42B and 42C Building 7: Wards 72B and 72C Building 8: Spinal Cord Injury Confirm/copy Rauland Responder 4000/4K Nurse Call system programming from each existing system. Remove existing Rauland Responder 4000/4K control board and power supplies from Nurse Call cabinet. Provide and install Rauland responder 5000 control board and power supplies in Nurse Call cabinet. Provide and install all needed terminations, amplifiers and adapters needed to support the upgrade for each Nurse Call cabinet. Remove existing Nurse console and Annunciator (where present) at Nurse Station Provide and install Rauland Responder 5000 Nurse console and Annunciator panel (where needed) at Nurse Station. Program/integrate Rauland Responder 5000 Nurse Call system with remaining components utilizing copied programming as a template. Test each upgraded Rauland Responder 5000 Nurse Call system Train Nursing Staff on the upgraded Rauland responder 5000 Nurse Call system.