R499--Health Information Exchange Membership Fee

Page 2 of 2 NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE Project Title: Annual Health Information Exchange Membership Fee for VA San Diego Healthcare System The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22, Network Contracting Office 22 hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract for Annual Health Information Exchange Membership Fee with San Diego Regional Healthcare Information Exchange to provide Annual Health Information Exchange Membership Fee for the VA San Diego Healthcare System. The period of performance for this effort shall be for one base year and the Government having the option to exercise four one-year option periods. Participating Healthcare Facility: VA San Diego Healthcare System 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from acquiring these services on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) for the aforementioned requirement based on the application of FAR 6.302- 3(a)(2)(ii). This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the action proposed in this announcement. 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 or objective. Responses are due on Friday, September 4, 2020 at 10:00 AM PDT to the attention of Imelda Martinez, Contracting Officer at [email protected].