SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Food Operations and Nutrition Care Management System
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office;NCO 19;6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300;Greenwood Village CO 80111
- ZIP Code
- 80111
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25919Q0297
- Response Due
- 5/3/2019
- Archive Date
- 7/2/2019
- Point of Contact
- kurt.tanny@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Nutrition Management Software 36C25919Q0297 Department of Veterans Affairs This Request for Information, Sources Sought Notice is issued for information and planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation or a request for proposal and shall not be construed as an obligation or commitment by the Government. An award will not be made on any offers submitted in response to this notice, and it shall not be implied the Government is committed to providing any solicitation or award following this notice. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate a respondent for any costs incurred in developing information provided. Responses shall be submitted to kurt.tanny@va.gov by 4:00pm EST on Friday, May 3rd, 2019. This notice is intended strictly for market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine interest and capability of potential sources of supply. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 19 (NCO 19) is seeking responses to this request for information from interested, capable firms that can meet the requirements set forth; Summary: George E. Wahlen, (Salt Lake City) Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) requires a computer-based food management program to modernize patient food service systems. The need is for an off-the-shelf food management system which is continuously maintained and updated as needed to support current healthcare food service practices. Requirements the system include but are not limited to; Software and hardware must be compatible with Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Admission, discharge, transfer, and diet order information needs to be able to transfer, in real-time, from VISTA to the new system. Have a unidirectional interface enabling secure transfer of information from VISTA to the new system without the risk of overwriting data, security breaches or data corruption in the VISTA system. Integrate the Pyxis MedStation system with Pyxis Connect. Bedside selection of meal choices, interfacing with the Get Well Network. Bedside hostess selection of meals, using a tablet, for Veterans who are unable to use the Get Well Network for meal selection. Allow for creation of patient specific meal patterns; produce on-demand menus and tray tickets; provide comprehensive nutrient analysis and calorie counts; manage food service recipes and menus; and automate HACCP compliance guidelines Perpetual inventory capability; tracking and history reports by day, week, month, year, vendor, storage location, or inventory group. Produce customizable reports with filter settings and report parameters that can be saved for future use. All reports will have the ability to be viewed on the screen, printed, or exported to a variety of other formats such as Excel, PDF, HTML and Graphic. Ability to block an allergen from being selected, even accidentally, when patients are making their menu selections, avoiding human error. Ability to link each recipe, as well as its respective ingredients, nutritional content and potential allergens and compare it to the nutritional assessment and diet order for each patient. Interested companies shall provide, at a minimum, the following information with their response; Capability Statement (max 2-page narrative) Complete company Name and Address: Company Point of Contact (POC) Name: Email Address: Phone Number: DUNS Number: Mark if your firm is eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs. If so, please indicate the program. Anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210 Software Publishers. The largest a firm can be and still qualify as a small business for Federal Government programs is no larger than $38.5 Million in Annual Receipts as defined by 13 CFR § 121.104. [ ] yes [ ] no Small Business (SB) [ ] yes [ ] no HUBZone [ ] yes [ ] no Small Business 8(a) [ ] yes [ ] no Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) [ ] yes [ ] no Women-Owned (WO) Small Business [ ] yes [ ] no Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) [ ] yes [ ] no Large Business [ ] yes [ ] no Other (please specify) Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses. In addition to providing the information requested above, responding companies are encouraged include any relevant information (specifications, cut sheets, brochures, capability statement, past experience etc.) to confirm the company s ability to meet the requirements outlined in this request. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (24-APR-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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