Mission and Installation Contracting Command - Directorate of Contracting Fort Carson Colorado is conducting market research for a software package that can provide the following: 1) Hands-free person to person communications system that reaches the entire footprint of emergency patient care (most of first floor) at Evans Army Community Hospital. 2) Voice-activated calling to any other designated person or position ("call by role" i.e. charge nurse, triage, Fast Track provider) 3) Page entire teams ("broadcast to group" i.e. trauma team, pod #1 treatment team) in the emergency department 4) Place outbound calls from device through the existing phone system 5) Receive incoming calls through the existing phone system 6) Capable of integration with other systems, i.e. Q-Flow 7) Create management reports 8) Training on software license 9) Software must have a Department of Defense Certificate of Net worthiness The primary purpose of this Sources Sought notice is for market research to determine the method of acquisition based on the availability and adequacy of potential sources prior to issuing the solicitation. The only known software the Government is aware of that provides the above is the Vocera Enterprise License with telephone and messaging interface. The Government is looking for contractors that can provide this license or similar software that can provide the above. The Government's determination on how to compete the proposed requirement will be made based on responses to this notice and is at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or reimburse the costs incurred by potential offerors in providing the information requested herein. This is NOT a Request for Quotations (RFQ). Responses to this notice should include: 1) A written narrative of contractors' capability to provide software that identify the features of their particular enterprise; 2) Company size in relation to a North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS); 3) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code; 4) The socioeconomic status of the company, i.e., Small Business Concern, 8(a) Business, HUB Zone Small business, woman-owned small business, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; 5) Point of Contact information to include name, email address, telephone and fax numbers; 6) Past performance information for services performed that are similar in nature in scope. Include dollar value of the contract and whether you performed work as a prime or sub-contractor. The responses must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. No telephone requests or requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this Sources Sought Notice. This information will be used only for market research purposes and will not be used as a part of proposal evaluation later. All information received will be protected and safeguarded as Acquisition/Source Selection Sensitive in accordance with FAR Part 3.104, Procurement Integrity. Responses to this notice are limited to five (5) pages, single sided, size 12 font and shall be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist, Kyle Swift at
[email protected]. Please submit any questions in writing. All responses must be received no later than 5:00pm Mountain Time on 31 August 2010.