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The Veterans Administration seeks sources who would be interested in submitting an offer in response to a future solicitation for the following supplies. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It... The Veterans Administration seeks sources who would be interested in submitting an offer in response to a future solicitation for the following supplies. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation in response to this Sources Sought announcement will not receive a response. Responses to this Sources Sought announcement must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is for market research. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) Unique Entity ID (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e. g., Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business. Important information: The Government is not obligated to pay for or reimburse, nor will it pay for or reimburse, any costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought request announcement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The VA is mandated by Public Law 109-461 to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. However, if response by Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firms proves inadequate, an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be determined. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 513210 Applications software, computer, packaged. Notice to potential offerors: all offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Additionally, all Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses or Veteran Owned Businesses who respond to a solicitation on this project must be registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Veterans Enterprise VetBiz Registry located at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. All interested offerors should submit information by e-mail to brian.fritz@va.gov. All information submissions to be marked Attn: Brian K. Fritz, Contract Specialist and should be received no later than 10:00 AM Pacific Time on February 27, 2023. The VA Northern California Health Care System would like to purchase Brand Name or Equal to InVita Healthcare Technologies UDITracker tissue and implant tracking system software to be used at the five VA locations listed below. Tissue tracking is a patient safety issue and a Joint Commission requirement. According to VHA policy, all medical facilities are required to track implantable items/devices (biological and non-biological). The VA Northern California Health Care System tracks human biological and non-biological implants using InVita (UDI Tracker) Healthcare Technologies hardware and software as an inter-communicating system. This system complies with tissue and implant tracking requirements set by the Joint Commission (JCAHO). Each specialty is responsible for their own recalls and tracking of required UDI implants with oversight from Patient Safety, Prosthetics, Logistics, and Nursing Services. Prior to the use of this system in 2019, recalls on implantable products took a fair amount of time to track and often the request for information was asked multiple times causing confusion and frustration. UDITracker is in the process of integrating with Vista to streamline work and avoid data entry errors into VistA. The VA Northern California Health Care System would like to purchase a COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) web-based software solution that automates tissue and implant tracking. The tracking system will manage inventory of all types of implantable items/devices (biological and non-biological), as well as have the full capacity to extend to other tracked items e. g. hearing aids, dental implants, high-cost items, critical need items, etc. The tracking system will support oversight of all such devices across the VA Northern California Health Care System, which includes VA sites in Sacramento/Mather, Martinez, McClellan, Mare Island and Redding. The software must integrate with the VA’s VistA system to streamline work and avoid double data entry and the potential for data entry errors into VistA. The proposed Period of Performance will be a Base Period of six months with up to four successive Option Years of 12 months each. LINE ITEM QUANTITY LOCATION 0001 1.00 EACH Mare Island, CA VA Clinic 0002 1.00 EACH Martinez, CA Outpatient Clinic 0003 1.00 EACH McClellan, CA Outpatient Center 0004 1.00 EACH Redding, CA Outpatient Clinic 0005 1.00 EACH Sacramento/Mather, CA VA Medical Center 0006 1.00 EACH VistA Interface - All Facilities L/I’s 0001-0005