Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

D -- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) SOL RFQ 541-117-98 DUE 022498 POC Danny O. Freeman, Contracting Officer, (440) 838-6091 The above noted solicitation (submitted January 28, 1998), is amended as follows: (1) In the third sentence of the description, change solicitation 541-85-98 to read "541-117-98". (2) Definitions/Acronyms -- a. VISN 10 = Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, which includes the following VA Medical facilities, VA Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Brecksville/Cleveland and Dayton. DRG = Diagnostic Related Group. (3) The following information is intended to clarify and/or provide additional information necessary to complete quotations and said additions in no way deletes any of the previously stated requirements: a. Contractor shall be required to write a program (create a micro-based data base, using a standard relational database such as MS-Access, or SQL which shall permit the tracking and reporting of information for each mental health provider in VISN 10). The central computer system shall be located at the VA Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141, systems design shall be such that all other VISN 10, Network Mental Health Service Lines/Providers shall have ability to download required forms and reports into the Brecksville central system. Contractor shall be required to coordinate development of reports and form formats with the COTR which will then produce standard microsoft access reports/forms. Contractor shall be allowed to develop program at the contractor's facility, however, contractor shall be required to perform a site visit in order to acquire an understanding of the VA computer system. Contractor shall be required to install said program on VISN 10 central computer system. Contractor shall provide training to VISN 10, Network Mental Health Service Line Provider's. Contractor must have capability of moving a large quantity of data out of the current central computer and into a microsoft relational database. Period of performance shall be 120 calendar days from date of award, to include development, installation and training of VA personnel. Notwithstanding any other provisions, the Government intends to award without discussion to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, both technical and price considered. Therefore it is in the best interest of the offeror to provide its' most advantageous offer initially. However, the Government reserves the right to hold discussions should it be deemed necessary. Contractor shall be required to submit a technical and price proposal, which shall be concise and provide sufficient information to demonstrate the offeror's capacity to satisfactorily perform the tasks outlined in the RFQ, and shall address the following factors in descending order of importance. a. Technical -- Program Development -- to include Knowledge and ability to program Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL; Knowledge and ability to take a large amount of data from the centralized computer and converting it to Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL; Understanding of VA Requirements; Past Performance. b. Management Approach -- to include years experience programming in Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL; experience of personnel performing actual program development; ability to develop comprehensive and complete programming. c. Price -- reasonableness. d. Compliance to VA schedule -- ability to develop, install and train VA personnel with the scheduled 120 calendar days. The due date for receipt of quotations is changed from February 13, 1998 at 4:30 p.m., to now read February 24, 1998 at 4:30 p.m. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. (0037)

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