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The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and... The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda . USU intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with MedHub, Inc., located in Dexter, Michigan for 684 MedHub GME Subscriptions. These subscriptions will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 - Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Sole source determination is made in accordance with: FAR Part 13.106-1 Soliciting Competition (b) Soliciting from a single source (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, 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. Within the past few years, the ACGME has implemented additional institutional and program requirements such as the annual program evaluation (APE) and the annual institutional report (AIR) which necessitate much greater monitoring and reporting of self-study measures and outcomes, institutional oversight, meticulous data collection and real-time program-to-institution interactivity. Other USU departments still rely on E*Value; however, GME states that the current E*Value functionalities and platform don't support the new requirements as efficiently or effectively as MedHub. Additionally, despite similarities between MedHub and its competitor, New Innovations, GME requests to stay with MedHub exclusively because MedHub and E*Value are owned and operated by the same parent company, and staying with MedHub allows roughly 1,000 GME leaders, faculty, and administrators to retain access to 9 years of historical data that may be arduous and costly, if not impossible to extract in mass if we were to convert to New Innovations or another system. MedHub, Inc. is the only known source that can provided the requested subscriptions. This is not a request for quotes and a solicitation package will not be issued. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can fulfill the above-mentioned requirement as specified. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contractual action based upon responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be received via email to jason.motala@usuhs.edu by 3:00 p.m. ET on 12 March 2019.