SAM #36C24E26Q0096

Sole Source Procurement for Avidity Science Interface and Integration Services for Automated Watering System Controller

This notice announces the VA's intent to award a sole source contract to Avidity Science for integration components and services for an Automated Watering System Controller. - Agency: Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Regional Procurement Office East - Sole source procurement to Avidity Science - Hardware: Serial to Ethernet Converter for connecting Automated Watering System Controller and Environmental Sentry Panel to Watchdog EX Local machine - Software: Watchdog EX Local Software (installed on server) and Watchdog EX Bridge Software (hosted on system) - Services: Watchdog EX Local On-Boarding Assistance, including consultative support, configuration verification, template pre-population, and notification assurance - Opportunity for responsible vendors to submit capability statements for equivalent solutions - Avidity Science is the only OEM named; procurement covers hardware, software, and onboarding services - No specific quantities or part numbers provided - Period of performance not specified

Description

Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development (R&D), Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis for Avidity Science Component Interface consisting of: - Serial to Ethernet Converter for connection of Automated Watering System Controller (AWSC) and Environmental Sentry Panel (ESP) to the Customer Provided Watchdog EX Local machine. - Watchdog EX® Local Software To be installed on customer's physical system server - Watchdog EX® Bridge Software To be hosted on customer's physical system. - Watchdog EXTM Local On-Boarding Assistance consisting of: On-Boarding Assistance Consultative Approach - multiple touch points with customer after receipt of order and prior to migration to Watchdog EX to provide the following: Verification of customer current configuration and provide opportunity to make any changes necessary in advance of final creation of the system configuration Pre-populate most used notification and monitoring templates Assurance for proper notifications to be in place at the end of Day 1 of start-up This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent service with the features described above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Monday, August 24 2026, 2:00 PM, MT. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your service meets the requirement may be sent to Robert.Dobson1@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government

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