99--Subscription for online health device

Under Statutory Authority 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), the VA Great Lakes Acquisition Center anticipates entering into sole source procurement negotiations with Emergency Care Research Institution (ECRI) for a subscription that allows multiple employees access to ECRI basic data services of Health devices gold, Alerts tracker, and Biomedical benchmark for the contract period. Biomedical Engineering uses this service to accurately categorize medical equipment, monitor medical device hazards and recalls, and compare manufacturers and equipment. The service provided will be at the Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. This announcement is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-1. The above authority is cited and justification made based on the determination that the Government's minimum needs can only be satisfied for supplies/services available from one source. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Other persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement by October 21, 2015 by 2:00 PM CST. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. All interest received on or before October 21, 2015 will be evaluated by the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of the notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitations documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored.