NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE (MODIFICATION)

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Health Revenue Center in Topeka, KS, issued a notice on January 9, 2003, of its intent to award a sole source purchase order for Disaster Recovery Services to SunGard Recovery Services, located in Wayne, PA. This award is made in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 and Title 41 U.S.C. 253(C)(1), which allow for sole source contracting under specific conditions. The original notice contained a contractor name error, listing Sungard Planning Solutions instead of the correct SunGard Recovery Services, with all other details remaining unchanged. Interested parties were required to submit any responses in writing by January 21, 2003. The contracting officer overseeing this procurement is Barry Fetzer, with correspondence directed to the VA Health Revenue Center in Topeka. The Network Contract Office 19, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, is managing this contract, with its office located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The announcement and related documents are accessible through the SAM.gov workspace, facilitating transparency and public notice of the sole source award process for critical disaster recovery services supporting the VA's infrastructure.