Notice of Intent to Award: Firm-Fixed-Price Kodak Alaris service and maintenance agreement for Great Plains Area

The Great Plains Area (GPA) Indian Health Service hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source, Firm Fixed-Price, Commercial Products and Commercial Services purchase order for service and maintenance of VistA Imaging as the multi-media component for the RPMS EHR, capturing clinical images, scanned documents, and other non-textual data into the patient's electronic medical record.

The VistA Imaging DVD Jukebox is the archiving device GPA uses to store archival Images for Service Units patients' medical records. This also stores administrative data. The service and maintenance agreement provides VistA Imaging infrastructure support. Kodak Alaris purchased Alliance Storage Technologies, which manufactures the VistA Imaging DVD Jukebox.

This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements and is based on market research. The total estimated value is less than $60,000.00.

Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of our agency standardization. The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Mona Weinman, Contract Specialist via email only at mona.weinman@ihs.gov (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Questions Submission – IHS1510849 Kodak Alaris.