SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Remote Hosting and support for the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Technology Acquisition Center;260 Industrial Way West;Eatontown NJ 07724
- ZIP Code
- 07724
- Solicitation Number
- VA118-10-RP-0298
- Response Due
- 5/21/2010
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2010
- Point of Contact
- Asif DamjiContract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(asif.damji@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is VA118-10-RP-0298 and is issued as a request for proposal. Proposals are due to be in receipt by the Contracting Officer identified below not later than 05/21/2010 at 3:00 PM EST. A non-competitive acquisition is proposed with Cerner Corporation, 2800 Rockcreek Parkway, Kansas City, MO pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a) Only One Responsible Source. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. In FY08, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Laboratory Systems Re-engineering Project (LSRP) selected Cerner's Millennium PathNet solution as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The Alpha/Beta implementation of LIMS is in progress and the LSRP is evaluating go-forward technology options that will exceed the strategic goals established in the project's cost benefit analysis (CBA) justification and long-term deployment sustainment requirements. The objective of this acquisition is to acquire contract support to assist the LSRP Alpha/Beta testing efforts by providing the remote hosting environment and associated technical, systems and application support services for the Cerner Millennium PathNet LIMS to be provided to the planned Alpha and Beta test sites. This proposed action is for a firm-fixed price contract for an 18 month period of performance (estimated July 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011) for the procurement of the required remote hosting environment, infrastructure and associated technical, systems and application support of the Millenium PathNet LIMS from Cerner Corporation. The applicable requirements for this effort are set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) attached to this notice. The planned place of performance is: Cerner Corporation 2800 Rockcreek Parkway Kansas City, MO 19107 VA requests prices for the following: 1. Non-recurring efforts associated with establishment of a Remote Hosting Environment of the Cerner Millenium PathNet System for one (1) Alpha and two (2) Beta Sites in accordance with the PWS requirements of paragraph 6.1. 2. Monthly recurring price associated with operations of a Remote Hosting Environment of the Cerner Millenium PathNet System for one (1) Alpha and two (2) Beta Sites in accordance with the PWS requirements of paragraph 6.1 3. Available options and associated prices relative to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in accordance with PWS requirements of paragraph 6.1.2 and Federal Continuity Directive 1 (FCD-1). 4. Monthly prices associated with Systems Management Support for the Cerner Millenium PathNet application upon operational availability of the Remote Hosting Environment in accordance with the PWS requirements of paragraph 6.1.11. 5. Monthly prices associated with Application Support for the Cerner Millenium PathNet application upon operational availability of the Remote Hosting Environment in accordance with the PWS requirements of paragraphs 6.1.3 and 6.1.11. 6. Prices relative to requirements for Transition and Orientation Support in accordance with PWS requirements of paragraph 6.2. The Contracting Officer (CO) named herein will maintain the contract administration functions for this contract. After award of the contract, all inquires and correspondence relative to the administration of the contract shall be addressed to the attention of the CO as follows: Contracting Officer (CO) Name:Kevin R. Loesch Address:Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center 260 Industrial Way West Eatontown, NJ 07724 Phone:732-578-5487 Email:Kevin.Loesch@va.gov The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this effort is 541513, Computer Facilities Management Services with a corresponding small business size standard of $25M average annual revenue. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES applicable to this acquisition are as follows: FAR 52.201-7 CENTRAL CONTRACT REGISTRATION (FOR CERTIFICATION AND REPRESENTATIONS) FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2009) FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2009) FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2010) FAR 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984) FAR 52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (MAY 2004) FAR 52.219-9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN (APR 2008) FAR 52.232-34 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-OTHER THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FAR 52.233-1 DISPUTES FAR 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) FAR 52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER (AUG 1989) FAR 52.243-1 CHANGES FIXED PRICE (AUG 1987) FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998) VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (JAN 2008) VAAR 852.203-71 DISPLAY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOTLINE POSTER (DEC 1992) VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008) VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (JAN 1998) VAAR 852.237-70 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984) VAAR 852.273-75 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES (INTERIM - OCT 2008) VAAR 852.273-76 ELECTRONIC INVOICE SUBMISSION (INTERIM - OCT 2008) ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Sub-Part 13.5 Test This procurement is being conducted under the Subpart 13.5 test program where simplified acquisition procedures apply and the conduct of the procurement will be in accordance with Parts 12, 13 and/or 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or some combination thereof. The Point of Contact for this action is Asif Damji, Contract Specialist, 732-578-5503, asif.damji@va.gov or Kevin Loesch, Contracting Officer, 732-578-5487, kevin.loesch@va.gov. **Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Laboratory Systems Reengineering Project (LSRP) Remote Hosting Option for Alpha/Beta will be subsequently posted to Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Page under VA118-10-RP-0298.
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