SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- VISN-Wide Intensive Care Unit - Clinical Information (ICU CIS)
- Notice Date
- 4/17/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA North Texas Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs No. Texas Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs;North Texas Veterans Health Care Center;Attn: Bill Kingsley (90C);4500 S. Lancaster Road;Dallas TX 75216
- ZIP Code
- 75216
- Solicitation Number
- VA-257-09-RP-0162
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2009
- Point of Contact
- William KingsleyContract Specialist<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (VISN 17) intends to solicit Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) sources to provide a ICU Clinical Information System (CIS) located at North Texas Health Care System, Central Texas Health Care System, and South Texas Health Care System. This acquisition shall be conducted through full and open competition and shall result in a single award of a firm-fixed price contract to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the Government, technical, price and other factors considered. This North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services. The solicitation will be issued via the FedBizOpps at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Telephone requests will not be accepted. All interested parties must register on the FedBizOpps site in order to receive notification or changes and/or new postings to the solicitation. There will be no further pre-announcement of when the solicitation will be posted, however, the issuance date is anticipated on or about 27 April 2009. All potential offerors are reminded that in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(t) all contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database in order to conduct business with the Federal government. Lack of registration in the CCR database may make an offeror ineligible for award. The website is located at http://www.ccr.gov/. Each Offeror must have an established firm in the business called for, be financially sound, able to show evidence of reliability, ability, experience, facilities, and personnel directly employed by them to render prompt and satisfactory service. Contractors are requested to take into consideration the complexity and extent of the services to be performed for this VISN 17 wide procurement. Contractor shall be responsible to provide all services associated with the furnishing and installation of this system. Contractor shall provide the most efficient means of optimizing training, system maintenance, and data exchange within each facility in VISN 17 and will be required to acknowledge that they understand the substantial interface requirements between the vendors CIS and the VHA hospital information system (VistA). This is a critical component of the project. Contractors must also be able to provide the defined required interfaces for a complete turn-key project. The CIS Contractor will be required to have a VistA testing environment, QA staff, and provide installation, training and support of the CIS/VistA interface. Another contractor, DSS, Document Storage Systems, Inc. 12575 US Hwy 1, Suite 200 Juno Beach, FL 33408 will provide the development environment, testing support, and specifications required for the CIS/VistA interface. DSS can be reached at: 561-227-0207. The Contractor will be required to extract extensive clinical and administrative data from the CIS to import into an Analytics database, provided by Solution Analytics. The Contractor will be required to identify the status of their CIS/VistA interface and Analytic export Certifications, Licenses and Accreditations that are applicable to the type of services being provided. Type of licenses required for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) CIS shall include an unlimited, non-exclusive, non-transferable perpetual license for each facility in VISN 17. The new CIS system shall allow for future expansion due to anticipated and changing needs within VISN 17. The system shall allow for the addition of future CIS systems such as the OR, other CCUs, or Anesthesia record keeping (ARK), enabling them to pass data to one another to create electronic perioperative-critical care documentation.
- Web Link
-
FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=712292b8064f761e5a146cb37a9ee065&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Health Care System;North, Central, and South Texas Health Care System<br />
- Zip Code: 75216<br />
- Zip Code: 75216<br />
- Record
- SN01796278-W 20090419/090417220855-712292b8064f761e5a146cb37a9ee065 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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