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U009--Maintenance of Competency Support Service (VA-20-00058447)

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36C10X20C0060Federal

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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Strategic Acquisition Center - Frederick, intends to award a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis to the American Heart Association to maintain and support the Veterans Health Administration’s existing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training infrastructure. This contract covers support for 800 existing mobile CPR stations, 645 new stations equipped with adult and infant quality CPR manikins, and 71,000 units of existing AHA Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support courseware/licenses and related equipment. Key components include HeartCode® Complete, Resuscitation Quality Improvement 2020 (RQI2020)®, CPR Mobile Skills Stations, Laerdal QCPR® manikins, and the associated resuscitation course content and routine skill testing requirements. The services contracted must ensure integration and compatibility across the specialized AHA equipment and courseware to provide consistent and accurate analytical data critical to the government’s resuscitation training programs. The notice emphasizes that the unique and highly specialized nature of the existing equipment and reporting capabilities precludes support from other vendors. While the notice is not a solicitation for competitive proposals, interested parties who can meet the government’s requirements are invited to submit their intent and capabilities within seven days. The contract will be managed by the VA’s Frederick office, with specific points of contact provided for inquiries related to this sole source award.

General Info

VA awards sole source contract to American Heart Association for CPR training support.

Agency

Department Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

NAICS

611699 - All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction

Place of Performance

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NONE

Documents

VA Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Contract VA-20-00058447

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PostedJul 30

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

Contacts1 person available

OfficeFREDERICK, MD, 21703, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Sac Frederick (36C10X)

Office AddressFREDERICK, MD, 21703, USA

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contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Strategic Acquisition Center -Frederick (SAC-F), hereby formally announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis (under the authority of 41 U.S. Code § 1901as implemented by FAR 13.5) to American Heart Association (AHA) to provide support for VA s existing 800 existing mobile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) stations, 645 new mobile CPR stations, each containing one adult and one infant quality CPR (QCPR) manikin, and 71,000 existing AHA Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). The existing Veterans Health Administration (VHA) environment consists of the following courseware/licenses and equipment that require support. The items/equipment in the current VHA environment are as follows: (1). HeartCode® Complete (2). Resuscitation Quality Improvement 2020 (RQI2020)® (3). CPR Mobile Skills Stations (4). Laerdal QCPR® Adult and QCPR® Infant manikins (5). Resuscitation course content and biannual and quarterly skill testing in Responder, BLS, ACLS and PALS In order to continue to receive consistent, cohesive, and accurate analytical data, the services required to support the existing specialized equipment and courseware must be able to integrate with each other. The VHA REdI program owns an enormous amount of specialized AHA equipment. The unique and highly specialized analytical capabilities used to support the existing equipment and courseware are essential to the government s requirement, thereby precluding consideration of support services provided by another company This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, all interested parties that identify to the Contracting Officer their intent, in writing, and capabilities to satisfy the Government's requirement within 7 calendar days of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. For specific questions, please contact the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov.