D--AMA Physician Masters File - Annual Licensing

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit and negotiate a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order with the large business American Medical Association (AMA). The procurement is for Annual Licensing for Physician Master Files access. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 519120. This access is for use by the VA Office of Primary Care s Primary Care Analytic Team (PCAT). AMA Physician File and Medical Student Files include current measures of physician and medical student training, type of practice, graduation dates, gender, birth years and graduate medical training. These will be used to compare the VHA s physician workforce, recruitment and retention compared to non-VHA physician workforce, recruitment and retention. This procurement is limited to one source in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Soliciting from a Single Source, as no other supplies with satisfy the Agency s requirement. This requirement is for: Department of Veterans Affairs Seattle VA Medical Center 1660 S. Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108 This notice satisfies the requirement at FAR 5.201(b)(1), to publicize the proposed contract action. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation will be made available. Any responses received will only be considered for the purposes of determining the market place for future procurements. The Government will not pay for information submitted. This will be the only notice of the Government's intent to solicit, negotiate, and award to one source to satisfy this requirement.