SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, NMLC, 693 Neiman Street, FT Detrick, Maryland, 21702-9203, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-9203
- Solicitation Number
- N68901RCW0020
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- Courtney A. Piar, Phone: 301-619-7467
- E-Mail Address
-
courtney.piar@med.navy.mil
(courtney.piar@med.navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Medical Logistics Command intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 6.302-1) with CareFusion Solutions, LLC, 3750 Torrey View Court, San Diego CA 92130, as the only responsible source that can provide maintenance contract for automated pharmacy system. This acquisition is being conducted under the FAR 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items test procedures for commercial items. Provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-24 are incorporated. Various Navy Medical Facilities have a need for support for pharmacy dispensing and verification systems. Support shall include telephone support, on-site field support, preventive maintenance and system updates including updates to hardware, software and prescription drug information. CareFusion Solutions is the only vendor that can provide support to proprietary CareFusion equipment. CareFusion is the original manufacturer of this equipment. No other vendor can provide hardware and software updates to proprietary CareFusion equipment or provide updates to prescription drug database that can interface with proprietary CareFusion medication dispensing systems. Only CareFusion has the intellectual rights and service knowledge to provide support to CareFusion equipment. CareFusion is the only vendor capable of providing updates to the proprietary software, which is required to maintain DIACAP accreditation and remain on the Navy network. CareFusion does not authorize third-party organizations to provide services to this equipment. If another vendor were to provide services to the required equipment, it would void all manufacturer warranties and void all current maintenance contracts. No other vendor is capable of providing services and support to this medication dispensing equipment. Items being purchased in this acquisition: CareFusion Support This acquisition is being conducted under commercial acquisition procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 811219 with a Size Standard of 500 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same product. All capability statements received by closing of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on 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. Based on the above information, the only technically acceptable system is provided by CareFusion Solutions, LLC. Submit email capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, Excel attachments) to Courtney Piar at Courtney.piar@med.navy.mil. Fax quotes may be sent to 301-619-1132 Attn: Courtney Piar. Email statements are preferred. Statements are due not later than 1:00 P.M. ET on 10 August 2012. No phone calls accepted.
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