SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Sole Source Notice- SQBX Mobile Subscriptions - Sole Source Notice
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES (USUHS), 4301 JONES BRIDGE ROAD, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- HU0001-17-Q-DT34
- Archive Date
- 4/5/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jason Motala, Phone: 301-536-5181
- E-Mail Address
-
jason.motala@usuhs.edu
(jason.motala@usuhs.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source Notice The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda. USU intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Neopost USA Inc., located in Milford, CT for eight (8) Motorola TC-70 Delivery Scanners with SQBX Mobile, part number SQBXMOB and Base year plus four (4) one (1) year options of SQBX Cloud Based Hosted Solutions Subscription Plans for all existing USU SQBX scanners. This scanners and subscriptions will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12-Commercial Items and FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Sole source determination is made in accordance with: FAR Part 13.106-1 Soliciting Competition (b) Soliciting from a single source (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The mission of USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services. As such, it is essential USU provide the necessary training and equipment required for our students to become successful doctors and nurses and to be able to provide the best care possible for our soldiers and to support our research efforts. USU and AFFRI has an existing SQBX system in places used for scanning incoming packages and tracking gas cylinders. This system has years of data stored that is required to provide proof of delivery and tracking data. Switching to a different system could lose this data and result in shipping and receiving errors. Neopost is the only vendor authorized as a regional SQBX distributor. In addition the SQBX software is designed to function with specific Motorola scanners. Neopost USA Inc. is the only know source that can provided the requested scanners and subscriptions. This is not a request for quotes and a solicitation package will not be issued. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can provide the abovementioned requirement as specified. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contractual action based upon responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses must be received via email (jason.motala@usuhs.edu) by 10:00 p.m. EST on March 21st, 2017.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN04426280-W 20170309/170307235150-9e8416641a6747955067f1dc2d76d4d4 (fbodaily.com)
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