U--HI 11-2 - ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INITIATIVE - DIFRANCO

Intent to Sole Source Onsite training in JavaScript and CSS Fundamentals and Ext JS 4 Development Introduction: The Department of Veterans Affairs - PCAC intends to issue a sole source contract to Sencha for onsite training in JavaScript and CSS Fundamentals and Ext JS 4 Development. Justification: Statutory authorities permitting other than full and open competition are 41 U.S.C. 253(c) (1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. As the producer of the Ext JS libraries, there is no other vendor who can provide the production level of training materials and curriculum. Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Informatics and Analytics (OIA) intends to provide the Health Informatics Initiative (Hi2) AViVA developers with Ext JS training to gain in depth knowledge to proceed with the advanced development of theHi2 AViVA framework. Performance Period: August 22-26, 2011 Place of Performance; Salt Lake City VA Regional Office Specific Requirements a. One (1) contractor representative is required to instruct the class to Hi2 AViVA developers, August 22-26, 2011. b. Contractor representative shall meet with VA Hi2 members to go over agenda, principles and practices. c. Contractor shall provide participant materials for up to 10 training attendees. d. The course will provide in-depth coverage of the Ext JS 4 framework and UI components, including Charting, Grids, the new Data Model, Forms, Layouts, and Theming. The course also provides extended coverage of the Ext JS framework. It includes custom component creation, creating Ext themes using CSS, and UI prototyping. Submittal Information: As stated above, this is an intent to Sole source but if contractors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements should submit a response of no more than 5 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum that addresses the above information. The Government will not review any other data, attachments that are in excess to the 5 pages. In response to the RFI, interested contractors shall submit the following information no later than Tuesday August 16, 2011, NOON EST to Franklin DiFranco via email at [email protected]. All responses must include the following information: Company name, Cage code, CCR number, Dunn & Bradstreet number, company address, Point of contact name, phone number, fax number, GSA contract (if applicable) and email. The subject line of the correspondence should clearly display the RFI number. Also please provide the following information in your response. DISCLAIMER This Intent to Sole Source is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this ISS that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.