SAM #36C10B26Q0818

VA award for six DSS DataBridge licenses and related clinical-system services

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a sole-source contract for DSS DataBridge software and implementation services supporting existing clinical systems. - Government buyer: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17; Office of Procurement Operations, Technology Acquisition Center. - Awarded vendor and OEM: Document Storage Systems Incorporated (DSS), the maker of DSS DataBridge. - Products: Six annual DSS DataBridge software license subscriptions; no part numbers are provided. - Services: DataBridge maintenance and support, plus installation, integration, and testing for upgrades to existing Draeger anesthesia record keeping (ARK) and CliniComp clinical information system (CIS) environments. The work includes 720 hours of DSS technical installation services and is intended to preserve interoperability with VistA. - Notable requirement: The procurement is identified as sole-source to DSS. - Award value: $788,280.72.

Description

This award notice/synopsis is being issued to fulfil the requirements of FAR 6.302-1(d)(2) and FAR 5.201. The procurement is a sole source action for Document Storage Systems, Incorporated (DSS) Databridge annual licenses, maintenance, support, integration, installation, and testing. The contractor is DSS. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Government may contract without providing for full and open competition when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.  

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