# INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: HILL-ROM, INC for annual renewal of the VOALTE NURSE CALL SYSTEM SERVICES Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/ihs1493933 - Solicitation number: IHS1493933 - Notice type: Special notice - Status: Closed. Deadline was May 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT - Department: Department of Health and Human Services - Agency: Indian Health Service - Contracting office: Indian Health Service (n-INDIANHEALTHSERVICE) - NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services - Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications. - Place of performance: Chinle, Arizona - County: Apache County (FIPS 04001). https://abierto.us/counties/apache-county-az-04001 - City: Chinle. https://abierto.us/cities/chinle-az-0412770 - First posted: May 7, 2024 - Last posted: May 7, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fb14c6023a5244c58e784967cbc8bc73/view ## Description The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Nursing Administration intends to award a non-competitive, sole source purchase order to Proposed Contractor, Hill-Rom, Inc. The Proposed Contractor shall provide annual renewal of the Voalte Nurse Call system services to be performed at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, which is located in Chinle, Arizona. This is for an existing proprietary system and software that is already installed and in use at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Authority cited 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), FAR Part 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Proposed Contractor shall provide Voalte Nurse Call system services to Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility. Fiscal Year 2024, Period of Performance is from the date of award to 1-year. The Proposed Contractor is the only organization uniquely qualified to provide the required services for the Nursing Administration to ensure that there is no interruption in services that could impact direct patient care. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There will be no solicitation available for competitive quotes. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. If no affirmative written response is received by May 13, 2024, 5:00PM MST, the contract will be issued without further notice. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). ## Publications - May 7, 2024: Special notice, due May 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT. Notice fb14c6023a5244c58e784967cbc8bc73. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fb14c6023a5244c58e784967cbc8bc73/view ## Points of contact - TILDA NEZ, tilda.nez@ihs.gov, 9286747474 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/ihs1493933.