SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Social Security Administration, Office of Budget, Finance, Quality and Management, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1540 Robert M. Ball Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21235, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21235
- Solicitation Number
- 0919-15-1044
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jameka Anderson,
- E-Mail Address
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jameka.anderson@ssa.gov
(jameka.anderson@ssa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, but merely notification of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) intent to issue, on a sole-source basis, a firm fixed-price purchase order to the American Medical Association Inc. for access to their online subscription entitled AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 6.302-1, the Contracting Officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment is only available from its producer and manufacturer and not through dealers or distributors. The period of performance will be for twelve months, beginning September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016. The Office of Disability Determinations and the DDS offices use the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment to adjudicate claims involving musculoskeletal disorders and other physical impairments. SSA references the Guides in the regulations, 20 C.F.R Pt. 404, Subpt. P., App. 1, § 1.00 G., for: guidance on the measurements of joint motion are based on the techniques described in the chapter on the extremities, spine, and pelvis in the current edition of the "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" published by the American Medical Association. The AMA Guides are mission critical and the eBook will support the agency's continued effort to reduce the disability case backlog. The American Medical Association's AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) are the recognized international standard for assessing impairment. The Sixth Edition, published in 2007, introduced new approaches to medical rating of permanent impairment (PI), a key component in determining permanent impairment and partial disability awards (PPD) for workers' compensation (WC) and other benefit programs. This item is only available from the manufacturer, the American Medical Association, in eBook format. No distributors or resellers offer the eBook version of this item. This requirement is utilizing procedures in FAR Part 12 in conjunction with procedures in FAR Part 13. A determination by SSA not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of SSA. Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The government does not intend to pay for information provided in response to this notice. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. Responses shall be submitted to Jameka Anderson at Jameka.Anderson@ssa.gov by 9:00AM ET on August 6, 2015. If SSA does not receive an acceptable response to this announcement by August 6, 2015, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), negotiations will be conducted with the American Medical Association Inc. as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. Respondents should refer to 0919-15-1044 in their responses.
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