U005--HIMSS Membership (VA-25-00022627)

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) intends to enter into a sole source procurement for annual corporate membership to Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS), 550 W. Van Buren Street, Suite 1110, Chicago, IL 60607 in accordance with FAR 13.106(b).
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Digital Health (DHO), requires a one (1) year (12-month) corporate membership to HIMSS.
HIMSS has a unique role in improving health care in quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access through the best use of information technology and management systems. The organization s 100,000 individuals, 480 provider organizations, 470 non-profit partners and 650 health services organizations help to advance the use of health information and communications technology in clinical care and clinical research, personal health management, public health/population, and translational science with the ultimate objective of improving health.
HIMSS membership will provide VA personnel with access to curricular content from existing informatics training programs and other HIMSS educational initiatives with a special emphasis toward those programs with a proven track record in distance learning.
The NAICS code for this procurement is 813920 and the Small Business Administration Size Standard is $23.5M.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirements may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Interested persons are encouraged to furnish information by email only with Notice of Intent HIMSS Membership in the subject line and responses are due on or before Monday November 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to this procurement s contract specialist, Jessica Rogers at Jessica.Rogers2@va.gov, AND Contracting Officer, Kymberly Morgan at Kymberly.Morgan@va.gov.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice of intent. Only written responses from responsible sources will be considered. Any prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award.
Any response to this notice shall submit clear and convincing documentation demonstrating their capability to satisfy the requirement. The capability documentation should include, at a minimum, the following information with their response:
Company Name and Address:
Point of Contact (POC)
Name:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
DUNS Number:
UEI Number:
Mark if your firm is eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs. If so, please indicate the program:
[ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business (SB)
[ ] yes [ ] no - HUBZone
[ ] yes [ ] no - Small Business 8(a)
[ ] yes [ ] no - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
[ ] yes [ ] no - Women-Owned (WO) Small Business
[ ] yes [ ] no - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
[ ] yes [ ] no - Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)
[ ] yes [ ] no - Large Business
[ ] yes [ ] no - Other (please specify)
Please answer the following questions:
Are you an authorized reseller of HIMSS Memberships?
If yes, you must provide documentation supporting your authorization such as a notice from HIMSS stating your company is an authorized reseller.
Does your company offer this service via a General Service Administration (GSA) contract?
If yes, provide the contract number or attach the contract to the response.
Note: Do not include Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in responses.
In addition to providing the information requested above, responding companies are encouraged to include any relevant information to confirm the company s ability to meet the requirements outlined in this request.
Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued.
Contracting Office Address:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Contracting Activity Central
6100 Oak Tree Blvd, Suite 490
Independence, OH 44131

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