Intent to Sole Source Nurse Call System

The VA Medical Center in White River Jct., Vermont intends to negotiate a sole source procurement with Hill-Rom for a COMLinx Nurse Call System including a digital cross point switch, power distribution cabinet, uniterruptible power cabinet, master station server, audio station capable of initiating and receiving digital audio communications and equipped with a cancel button, staff emergency button, code switch, and a control wheel and LCD display which will provide staff the ability to call the nurse station, locate and call other staff members and answer patient calls from any room. The system will be windows based (2000 NT), have its own server that will be capable of recording time of call, number of calls and bed status to include alarms, and hold data for a minimum of 30 days. This announcement is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored; however, interested parties may submit literature detailing how their services meet the VA requirements to the Contracting Officer. Responses received on or before April 28, 2004, will be considered. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this office will be solely at the discretion of the Government.