65--MiPACS Dental Enterprise Imaging Solution

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Southern AZ VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) 3601 S. 6th Avenue Tucson, Arizona intends to negotiate a Sole Source Procurement for MiPACS Dental Enterprise System Dental Imaging Software with Lead Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Medicor Imaging, 1201 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 282204-2844. The system shall support the Planmeca Digital Radiographic Equipment and images to DRM Plus, VistA Imaging and all current x-ray devices approved by the VA. The system must be compatible with the VA's existing VistA/CPRS systems, Windows XP, Dental Records Manager Plus (DRM Plus) and the VA's antivirus software. The system must have future expansion and upgrading capabilities. The PACS system must be approved by the VA's OCIS-Health Information Security Division on three levels: Technical Vulnerability, Hardening Guideline Comparison, and HIPAA Control Analysis. System has to be capable of DICOM Query and Retrieve for complete inter-connectivity as well as DICOM Storage to VistA. This simplified acquisition procurement is being accomplished in accordance with FAR Part 6.302- 1. The MiPACS Dental Enterprise System comes with the following: MIPACS Software Components which consist of MiPACS Storage Server Configurations, MiPACS Dental Enterprise Viewers (24) licenses, MiPACS Patient Updater, Implementation (Installation and Training) at SAVAHCS total number of days on site, Post Installation follow up visit to ensure the MiPACS Digital Imaging Enterprise system performance is at optimal level and to ensure good user experience with the system, number of days for post installation follow up two days and Technical Support which includes telephone and email support during normal business hours 9:00 am to 6:00 pm EST Monday through Friday. The applicable NAICS for this requirement is 541511 25 Million. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will NOT be accepted. However, any firm that believes it can meet the requirements may give written notification to the Contracting Officer. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail, to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirements. Information can be sent to the Contracting Officer (9-90C) ATTN: L. Danielle Provencio, SAVAHCS, 3601 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723. Responses received will be evaluated; however; a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received by 4:00 p.m. MST, April 9, 2009, the SAVAHCS will proceed with the sole source procurement to Lead Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Medicor Imaging.