SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 4/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, NMLC, 693 Neiman Street, FT Detrick, Maryland, 21702-9203, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-9203
- Solicitation Number
- N6264513RCES039
- Archive Date
- 5/8/2013
- Point of Contact
- Courtney A. Piar, Phone: 301-619-7467
- E-Mail Address
-
courtney.piar@med.navy.mil
(courtney.piar@med.navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Medical Logistics Command intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13.501) with Omnicell, 1201 Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA 94043, as the only responsible source that can provide pharmacy support and services for various Navy medical facilities. This acquisition is being conducted under the FAR 13.5 Test Procedures for Commercial Items. Provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-24 are incorporated. The requirement is for support for pharmacy dispensing systems. Support shall include telephone support, on-site field support and system updates including updates to hardware, software and prescription drug information. Support shall be provided as specified in the attached Statement of Work. Support shall be provided for a period of performance of March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014, unless otherwise noted. Four (4) additional option years are requested. Options shall be included for annual refresher training and preventive maintenance. Omnicell is the only vendor that can provide support to proprietary Omnicell equipment. Omnicell is the original manufacturer of this equipment. No other vendor can provide hardware and software updates to proprietary Omnicell equipment. Only Omnicell technical service engineers have the service knowledge to provide support to Omnicell equipment. Omnicell is the only vendor capable of providing updates to the proprietary software, which is required to maintain DIACAP accreditation and remain on the Navy network. If another vendor were to provide services or software updates to the required equipment, it would result in loss of DIACAP certification, delays in patient care, and possible increased risks to patient safety. No other vendor is capable of providing services and support to this medication dispensing equipment. Items being purchased in this acquisition: Pharmacy Support (1 base year plus 4 option years) This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 811219 with a Business Size Standard of 500 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same product. All capability statements received by closing of this notification of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Based on the above information, the only technically acceptable system is provided by Omnicell. Submit email capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, Excel attachments) to Courtney Piar at Courtney.piar@med.navy.mil. Fax quotes may be sent to 301-619-1132 Attn: Courtney Piar. Email statements are preferred. Statements are due not later than 1:00 P.M. EST on 23 April 2013. No phone calls accepted.
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