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Notice ID:36C25223Q0134
The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) in Milwaukee, WI is searching for vendors who have the capability to provide the software, software licenses, installation services, and maintenance/support s...
The Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC) in Milwaukee, WI is searching for vendors who have the capability to provide the software, software licenses, installation services, and maintenance/support services for existing brand name Laurel Bridge Compass routers to provide interoperability with the appropriate patient identifiers between Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR), Change Healthcare Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), and existing VistA Imaging systems for all VA sites listed below. The vendor shall be responsible for all labor, travel expenses, shipping and handling, and parts needed to perform this request. All interested responsible sources shall submit a brief summary of their capabilities to this office by 10:00 a.m. Local Time on Thursday, November 3rd. The capabilities statement shall include a letter from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Laurel Bridge, stating vendor is an authorized distributor per clause 852.212-72(c), proof vendor can purchase OEM parts, if needed, and a brief narrative on how vendor will abide by the Limitations of Subcontracting rule, 852.219-77. These requests are mandatory for consideration. Please also provide the vendor s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), experience with compass router support and interoperability with the modalities mentioned above, and name and phone number of a point of contact in case further information is needed. Summaries shall be submitted via email to Eileen.Meyer@va.gov. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes to determine availability of qualified vendors and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. The procurement will be competed under NACIS 541519. Please note that this is not a request for proposal and the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Government may or may not issue solicitation documents. Telephone inquiries will not be returned. VISN12 Facilities: 537 - Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - 820 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612 550 - VA Illiana Health Care System 1900 E. Main Street, Danville, IL 556 - Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago 578 - Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital 5000 South 5th Avenue, Hines, IL 585 - Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center 325 East H Street, Iron Mountain, MI 607 - William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 676 - Tomah VA Medical Center 500 E. Veterans Street, Tomah, WI 695 - Milwaukee VA Medical Center -5000 West National Milwaukee, WI, United States 53295 VAAR 852.212-72 GRAY MARKET AND COUNTERFEIT ITEMS (MAR 2020) (DEVIATION) (a) No used, refurbished, or remanufactured supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. This procurement is for new Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) items only. No gray market items shall be provided. Gray market items are OEM goods intentionally or unintentionally sold outside an authorized sales territory or sold by non-authorized dealers in an authorized sales territory. (b) No counterfeit supplies or equipment/parts shall be provided. Counterfeit items include unlawful or unauthorized reproductions, substitutions, or alterations that have been mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified item from the original manufacturer, or a source with the express written authority of the original manufacturer or current design activity, including an authorized aftermarket manufacturer. Unlawful or unauthorized substitutions include used items represented as new, or the false identification of grade, serial number, lot number, date code, or performance characteristics. (c) Vendor shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system, verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM or by an intermediary distributor authorized by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. 852.219-77 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction (SEP 2021)(DEVIATION) (a) Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8127(k)(2), the offeror certifies that (1) If awarded a contract (see FAR 2.101 definition), it will comply with the limitations on subcontracting requirement as provided in the solicitation and the resultant contract, as follows: [Contracting Officer check the appropriate box below based on the predominant NAICS code assigned to the instant acquisition as set forth in FAR 19.102.] (i) [X] Services. In the case of a contract for services (except construction), the contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not VIP-listed SDVOSBs as set forth in 852.219-10 or VOSBs as set forth in 852.219-11. Any work that a similarly situated VIP-listed subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Other direct costs may be excluded to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the acquisition and small business concerns do not provide the service as set forth in 13 CFR 125.6.
