NOTICE OF INTENT FOR PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 3, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx New York, intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) - FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, to Carestream Health Inc.. Carestream Health Inc. is to provide all resources necessary to upgrade Carestream's DirectView V5.X TO V5.7 SW UPGR/DRX (Mobile) and DRX Mobile PC Upgrade (8 GIG RAM 480 GB HD) to windows 7. The upgrade must be compatible with all existing Carestream Health Inc. Proprietary Software. Place of performance: VA Hudson Valley Castle Point Campus Radiology Department, Castle Point, NY 12511-0100 Period of Performance: The period of performance is 30 calendar days from award notice. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations; interested parties may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement no later than 08/10/2016 at 5:00 PM EST. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required services. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. If after 08/10/2016 at 5:00 PM EST, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, Department of Veterans Affairs shall negotiate solely with Carestream Health Inc. The government believes that the above described services cannot be provided by another firm within a timely and practical manner. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive quotes. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Richard ADU, Contract Specialist @
[email protected] The Government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed- price contract. A determination to compete this proposed requirement 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 competition.