SAM #36C10B26Q0818

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a sole-source requirement for DSS DataBridge software and technical 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. - Awardee and OEM: Document Storage Systems Incorporated (DSS), provider/manufacturer of DSS DataBridge; the award amount is $788,280.72. - Products: Six DSS DataBridge annual software license subscriptions; no part numbers are stated. - Services: Annual maintenance and support, plus installation, integration, and testing for upgrades to existing Draeger anesthesia record keeping (ARK) and CliniComp clinical information system (CIS) environments. Installation includes 720 hours of DSS technical services associated with the Draeger upgrade. - Notable requirement: The solution must maintain interoperability with VistA and the existing clinical systems. DSS was identified as the sole source.

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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