6515--557-22-2-2152-0011 DI Instrument Add On (VA-22-00024834)MARKET RESEARCH/SOLICITATION IN PROGRESS, EAD 03/20/2022 | EMAIL REQUEST FOR QUOTES TO GO OUT ON 03/07/2022

***INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE NOTICE-*** Estimated Date of Award: 3/18/2022 Synopsis: The Department of Veterans Affairs, Dublin, Georgia intends to award a sole source procurement for the following items. 0001: Vendor shall provide the licenses and services needed for adding (4) lab medical devices to the instrument manager software. This would accomplish transmitting the units lab results directly into the patient records. . The manufacturer is Data Innovations, LLC., DUNS number 964900463. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 511210 with a business size standard of $41,500,000.00. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the Authority of FAR 13.106-1 which states that Contracting Officers may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Market research conducted found Data Innovations LLC to be the sole vendor with the ability to provide DI License for Instrument Manager Interface Connection, Implementation Services . A redacted copy of the Limited Source Justification (LSJ) is included as required per FAR 8.405-6(b) which documents the rationale for this statement. Interested quoters who believe their software solution is compatible with the Data Innovations solution must provide salient characteristics for both the Data Innovation solution as well as their own software solution, in order to make an comparison of both solutions to clearly document the quoters software matches all of the salient characteristics of the Data Inovation software. Furthermore, the Contracting Officer has determined no opportunities for competition exist for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses and Veteran Owned Small Businesses as Data Inovations is the manufacturer and sole distributor of the DI platform and related services. No other providers are authorized to resell DI products. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government will consider all proposals received within 2 days (NLT) March 10, 2022 at 5:30p.m. ET) after date of publication of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete with the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Attached is a copy of the approved justification and approval notice that supports the sole source award. System for Award Management (SAM): Rule requires a firm to be registered in the SAM Registration Data Base (SAM), prior to award of any contract and agreements. Firms must register on an on-time basis, and annually confirm accuracy and completeness of registration information. To register in SAM go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. If you have any questions, please contact; Randy Dinkins, Contracting Officer Representative, [email protected]