TELEPHONE TRIAGE SOFTWARE

Notice Date

September 12, 2000

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs, 801 S. Marion St., Lake City, FL 32025-5898

ZIP Code

32025-5898

Description

This is a notice of intent of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Lake City Division, 801 S. Marion St., Lake City, Florida, to award a sole source contract to DHSI Systems, 703 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge, FL 32955, for installation of a telephone triage system. This system is used to store patient, provider, and triage encounter data and represents an integration of a medical expert system with a data manager. This software, with update options, will serve patients within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System with possible addition of other VA hospitals within VISN 8, for the period of October 1, 2000 -- September 30, 2001, with the option to extend for two additional one-year periods. This procurement is being conducted under the authority of 6.302 and FAR Part 12. This authority is cited and justification made is based on the determination that the government's minimum needs can best be satisfied by services available from one source. Other persons may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement by September 29, 2000. Such qualifications/capabilities will be perused solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responses received on or before 9/29/00 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. Oral communications are not acceptable and responses received after 9/29/00 will not be accepted.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000914/SPMSC007.HTM (W-256 SN495704)