Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management (90C), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417

J -- MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT SOL RFP 618-49-97 DUE 051597 POC Mavis Nelson 612-725-2189 Under authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), the Government anticipates entering into sole source procurement with Hewlett Packard Company, St Louis, MO for maintenance (SIC 7699) of existing Clinical Information System (CIS) consisting of hardware of approximately 830 pieces of equipment, i.e., transducers, printers, monitors, transmitters, receivers, bedside recorders,, pressure modules, display controls/units, monitors/terminals, workstations, Carevue Primary System, Carevue Secondary System, carts, cabinets, and software programs. Provide complete operations and repair coverage; on-site repair coverage, all labor and parts, travel; 24-hour, 7-days/week coverage; provide the hardware repair and restoration of standard HP factory-released software to sustain system operation; telephone assistance toll-free to assist with questions on basic system operating procedures, identifying problems, and resolve system failures with work-arounds if possible; provide preventive maintenance as necessary by cleaning, lubricating, and testing procedures designed to reduce system failures; respond within 2 hours with a telephone response; within 4 hours with on-site coverage. The above authority is cited and justification made based on the determination that the Government's minimum needs can best be satisfied by services available from one source. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302 and under Commercial Item Acquisition, FAR Part 12. Interested persons may identify their capability to respond to this requirement or to submit proposals by April 18, 1997. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received on or before April 18 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of the notice of intent willnormally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. (0094)

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