SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Clinical Surveillance Software
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2023 2:14:58 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262) Gilbert AZ 85297 USA
- ZIP Code
- 85297
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26223Q1094
- Response Due
- 6/7/2023 3:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/06/2023
- Point of Contact
- Alvizar, Edgar, Contract Specialist, Phone: 562-766-2244
- E-Mail Address
-
Edgar.Alvizar@va.gov
(Edgar.Alvizar@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION 1. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research only to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of Small Businesses , including Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB/VOSB), who are interested in submitting proposals for this procurement and who are capable of performing the work required for this procurement. 2. The NAICS for this requirement is 541519 Other Computer Related Services 3. The Contractor shall implement, configure, and validate a clinical surveillance software and provide on-going software technical support and maintenance for The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center located in Long Beach, California. The required software must take in data from multiple VA legacy systems, including Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)/Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), to provide ongoing surveillance and real-time alerts of clinical activity to VA clinical staff. The required software features include antimicrobial stewardship, such as drug-bug mismatch and targeted antimicrobial surveillance, as well as infection prevention and other features (see attached DRAFT Salient characteristics for complete list). The required services (implementation, configuration, validation, ongoing support and maintenance) for clinical surveillance software shall be provided by the contractor along with all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in the attached Draft Statement of Work (SOW). 4. Interested and capable Contractors are encouraged to respond to this notice not later than Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 3:00 PM PDT, by providing the following information via email only to Edgar.Alvizar@va.gov. (a) Company name (b) Address (c) Point of contact (d) Phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact (e) Contractor s Unique Entity ID (SAM) number (f) Type of small business, if applicable, (e.g. Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a), HUB-Zone, Woman Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business). (g) Statement indicating whether your company is considered small under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI. (h) Statement indicating the product name of the clinical surveillance software product referenced above that you intend to provide for this procurement. (i) Statement indicating whether you are the manufacturer of the clinical surveillance software product that you intend to provide for this procurement. If you intend to provide a clinical surveillance software product manufactured by a company other than your own, state the name of the company whose clinical surveillance software product you intend to provide, the country of origin for the clinical surveillance software product you intend to provide, and whether the company that manufactures that product is a small business under the size standard for the NAICS code identified under this RFI. (j) Statement indicating if you have a current contract to provide the clinical surveillance software product that you intend to provide for this procurement, along with the installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance services required by this procurement, under either the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) or with the VA National Acquisition Center (NAC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), or any other federal contract. If yes, provide the contract type and contract number, as well as the identity of the federal agency with whom you hold that contract. (k) Statement indicating if your clinical surveillance software product that you intent to provide for this procurement was assessed by VA Technical Reference Model Management Group and currently approved for use in the VA. (l) Statement indicating how many calendar days you estimate it would take you to implement, configure, and validate the clinical surveillance software product that you intend to provide for this procurement in a medical center similar to the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center. (m) General pricing for your products/solutions for market research purposes. (n) A capability statement that provides detailed information for one or more reference contracts that demonstrate your experience providing clinical surveillance software that meets the requirements described in the attached Draft Salient Characteristics and demonstrates your experience providing the installation, configuration, validation, support, and maintenance services required by this procurement. GENERAL STATEMENTS OF CAPABILITY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. Respondents must provide the following information for each reference contract the respondent identifies as evidence of the respondent s capability to perform the work required by this procurement. Respondents must provide the following information for each reference contract: (1) the legal name of entity with whom the respondent held the contract; (2) the contract number; (3) a description providing details of the specific tasks the respondent performed under that contract; (4) the dates during which the respondent performed the contract; (5) the name, phone number, and email address of a person at the entity with whom the respondent held the contract who can verify the information the respondent provides regarding this reference contract. If a respondent offers to demonstrate experience through the proposed use of subcontractors, the respondent must provide all of the information required above for one or more reference contracts performed by each subcontractor the respondent intends to use. NOTE: The information requested above is required for the Government to evaluate whether there are sufficient small business concerns of a particular type who are capable of performing the work required by this procurement to determine if this procurement should be set aside for a given type of small business concern. FAILURE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ABOVE TO SUPPORT A RESPONDENT S CLAIMED EXPERIENCE MAY BE VIEWED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS EVIDENCE THAT THE RESPONDENT LACKS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE CLINICAL SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES REQUIRED BY THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS, IN TURN, MAY AFFECT THE GOVERNMENT S DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT HAVE BEEN MET. 5. All Offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database found at https://www.sam.gov. Registration must include Representations and Certifications. --End of Sources Sought Announcement-- DISCLAIMER This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Long Beach Healthcare System The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center 5901 E. 7th St., Long Beach 90822
- Zip Code: 90822
- Zip Code: 90822
- Record
- SN06693755-F 20230526/230524230120 (samdaily.us)
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