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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Activity, VISN 9 plans to award a sole source contract to Medtronics, Inc. for the support and maintenance of its proprietary Paceart® software at the Nashville VAMC. Valued at an estimated $34,155.00, this contract includes a base period plus four one-year option terms. The services covered under this contract are critical for implementing remote diagnostics and corrective procedures that ensure consistent and effective cardiac care at the facility. Medtronics, Inc. is identified as the only vendor capable of meeting the Agency's requirements due to its exclusive ownership of the Paceart® software and unique ability to provide necessary support, making competition impractical and potentially disruptive to patient care. The sole source justification relies on FAR 6.302-1, emphasizing that alternative vendors either cannot meet the technical needs or would impose substantial and unrecoverable costs on the government. Competition is discouraged as it would lead to unacceptable delays and jeopardize service continuity. Interested parties wanting to challenge this sole source determination were required to submit detailed technical capabilities by November 7, 2011, but the government retains full discretion in deciding whether to seek competition. The contract aims to maintain standardization and consistency in cardiac care services at the Nashville VAMC through this dedicated relationship with Medtronics, ensuring timely and seamless software support.

General Info

Sole source contract to Medtronics for Paceart® software support, ensuring consistent cardiac care.

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NAICS

423450 - Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

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PostedNov 4

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Full Description

Under the authority of FAR 6.302, Medtronics, Inc. is the only provider of this service that will satisfy VISN 9 requirements. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Activity, VISN 9 intends to make a sole source award to Medtronics, Inc. with an estimated value of $34,155.00 for a base plus four (4) one-year options for the support and maintenance of its Paceart® software for the Nashville VAMC. These services will be used to implement remote diagnostics and corrective procedures to the Paceart® system at the Nashville VAMC campus.. SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Medtronics, Inc. is the only vendor of these services that will satisfy VISN 9 requirements. Medtronics, Inc. maintains proprietary ownership of Paceart® software. The selection of a different vendor would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Agency's requirements and adversely affect critical patient care. Services performed by this vendor are essential and provide the only solution to meet the Agency's requirements to maintain consistency and standardization in the provision of cardiac care. Analysis indicates other companies' similar services do not meet, or cannot be modified to meet, the Agency's needs. The government would incur undo substantial cost and risk by using a different vendor. The cost to compete in an attempt to procure different services does not out weight the benefit of maintaining our current standardization and consistency within the Agency. The estimated cost for this requirement is $34,155.00. This notice of intent is neither a request for quote nor a solicitation of proposals. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities and any other information that demonstrates an ability to meet the agency's needs. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to Paul E. Keller no later than November 7, 2011 @ 13:00 pm Central Standard Time.

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