D--Banner Boards for HRC Call CenterNOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Revenue Center, Topeka, KS (VAHRC), located at 3401 SW 21st, Topeka, KS, 66604, intends to award a firm fixed price contract for the upgrade of its Telephony Banner Board Display system to Inova Solutions of Charlottesville, Virginia IAW FAR 6.302-1 and 41U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The DVA HRC maintains a state of the art call center that receives in excess of three million phone calls per year. The current architecture is configured with an Inova Solutions display system already installed that was acquired via a delivery order against the then current GSA FSS contract. All applications and software updates have been written to integrate with the current Inova Solutions platform. Costs of converting the existing telephony systems to share data with a new display system would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. The expansion and or replacement of select components with Inova solutions products are to insure 100% compatibility with the present I.T. infrastructure. This is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit in writing complete information describing their ability to meet these requirements. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination to conduct a competitive procurement will be at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. Phone inquiries will not be accepted. Responses related to this notice shall be in writing and must be received no later than July 29, 2008. POC Barry Fetzer, DVA HRC, 3401 SW 21, Bldg 9, Topeka, KS 66604. The value of this acquisition is above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. This is a simplified acquisition.*****