70 -- Letter of Intent to Purchase Custom Orthopedic Software

Notice of Intent ? Sole Source a. The 10th Mission Support Group, Directorate of Contracting, United States Air Force Academy Colorado, intends to award a sole source commercial purchase order to Cedaron Medical, Inc. The requirement is to purchase a year?s subscription to a custom Orthopedic.Net software package, a yearly subscription to five additional licenses plus three option years for each of the licenses, maintenance charge for hosting the data, installation and setup charge on vendor-hosted servers and two days of on-site training. Cedaron currently holds a patent for this patient outcomes database which has unique clinical applications designed specifically for military medical academic enhancement.. Use of the patented database will allow all of the Service Academies? orthopedic surgeons to evaluate surgical, pre-operative and post-operative surgical procedures and will ultimately provide direct support to real-time efforts on the battlefield. To accomplish this, the three military Service Academies must be able to combine data with each other. The US Military Academy at West Point?s database is currently managed by Cedaron, Inc. and the naval counterpart has committed to it use as well. Cedaron, Inc. is considered the only source that can satisfy the government?s requirements. The North America Industry Classification System Code [NAICS] is 511210 and the size standard is $23M. All responsible sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by 10MSG/LGCB. This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. b. Any company that feels they have items that meet the needs of the Government must submit their technical data (2 pages or less) to support their claim. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this synopsis.